#22 A female patient admitted to West Riding Asylum in 1858 with acute mania.

A female patient admitted to West Riding Asylum in 1858 with acute mania.

Haunting Portraits of Patients from an English Lunatic Asylum, 1870s

#22 A female patient admitted to West Riding Asylum in 1858 with acute mania.

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