Sir Alexander Morison and the Physiognomy of Mental Diseases

In this talk Dr Allan Beveridge discusses the nineteenth centry Scottish pioneer of psychiatric medicine Sir Alexander Morison and the collection of illustrations of asylum patients which he commissioned.

Speaker: Dr Allan Beveridge (History and Humanities Editor of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)

Physicians' Gallery · Ep.56 - Alexander Morison and The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases