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ILLUSTRATIONS

of

MADNESS:

EXHIBITING A SINGULAR CASE OF INSANITY,

AND A NO LESS

REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE

IN

MEDICAL OPINION:

DEVELOPING

THE NATURE OF ASSAILMENT,

AND THE MANNER OF

WORKING EVENTS;

WITH A
DESCRIPTION OF THE TORTURES EXPERIENCED
BY

BOMB-BURSTING, LOBSTER-CRACKING,

AND

LENGTHENING THE BRAIN.

EMBELLISHED WITH A CURIOUS PLATE.



BY JOHN HASLAM.



“Oh! Sir, there are, in this town, Mountebanks for the mind, as well
as the body.”—Foote’s Devil upon Two Sticks; Scene the last.



London:

PRINTED BY G. HAYDEN, BRYDGES-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN:

And Sold by

RIVINGTONS, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD; ROBINSONS, PATERNOSTER-ROW;

CALLOW, CROWN-COURT, PRINCES-STREET, SOHO;

MURRAY, FLEET-STREET; AND GREENLAND, FINSBURY-SQUARE




1810.