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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 59 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of R. C. aged 52.

This man was a soldier in the Marine service, from which he…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Ch Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 7.

'Couser D: A female, aged twenty-three, a domestic servant, was admitted into Bethlehem Hospital on the 14th…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 8.

'The portrait of the last patient cured.'

Similar to plate 13 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of an old woman, D. B., aged 72. Mania, not hereditary, of nine weeks duration; after an attack of inflammation, with…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 28 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Initialled A J [Alexander Johnston].

'This patient recovered in about eight months.

Laxatives, Tartarized…

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

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 61 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J[Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of J. T. D. aged 40.

Little is known of the previous history of this man,…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 78 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of E. W. aged 40; long subject to violent fits of epilepsy.

This patient has…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned [François Rochard].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 16 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840), engraved by W H Lizars. Unsigned [François Rochard].

'Portrait of a Female in a state of Chronic Dementia, succeeding an…