Insane woman from Darwin's Expression of the Emotions.

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Insane woman from Darwin's Expression of the Emotions. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration from Chapter Xlll, Surprise, Astonishment, Fear, Honour. Engraving from a photograph of an insane woman to show the condition of her hair. It's dryness, he states, is 'Consequent on the subcutaneous glands failing to act.'

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