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Collection: Alexander Morison illustrations

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Captioned 'Suggery [?] Surrey L A July 1846 propensity to steal swelled ear'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Captioned 'Surrey L A July 1846 imbecile blind mn very useful[?]'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 18.

'Richard S: Aged thirty-nine, an idiot from birth, has been all his life in the work-house. This idiot is…

Captioned 'Susan Distant [?] mania - negress succeeded by dementia and epilepsy Surrey L Asylum 1842'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].

Captioned 'Theomania Bethlem'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

Captioned 'Theroine[?] de Mericourt mania - political Salpêtrière'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned. Adapted from plate IV in Esquirol 'Des Maladies Mentales' vol 1. Sitter identified as Teroenne or Théroigne de Méricourt, courtesan and popular leader during the French revolution,…