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Mentally ill women

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  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: women patients (mentally ill?) having a meal in a ward, with three nurses. Photograph.
  • A distraught bare-breasted woman with staring eyes, straw in her hair and chained wrists, representing madness. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1775, after R.E. Pine.
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    A woman diagnosed as suffering from mania. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.

    Williamson, J., active 1890. | Date: [1892] | Reference: 38624i
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    A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.

    Williamson, J., active 1890. | Date: [1892] | Reference: 38620i
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    A woman diagnosed as suffering from chronic dementia. Colour lithograph, 1896, after J. Williamson, ca. 1890.

    Williamson, J., active 1890. | Date: [1896] | Reference: 38622i
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    Bellevue Hospital, New York City: a female patient (criminal insane?) in a cell with barred windows. Photograph.

    | Date: [1885?/1898] | Reference: 530705i
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    A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885.

    Gautier, Amand-Désiré, 1825-1894. | Date: [1885] | Reference: 20060i
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