M0018858: Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, 1857

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalom

Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857, of eight women in the gardens of the Salpetriere hospital, Paris, representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis. Related images: V0016650

November 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20059i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.