Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IV. PERIODICAL FORMS. In circular insanity we furnish pictures merely of the antago-nistic maniacal and melancholic conditions, as the expression inthe latter is very similar to that in the free intervals. The pictures show this antagonism very distinctly. As thewrinkles of the melancholic period, which persist for a long time,are permanently fixed, the expression of excitement is somewhatobliterated. Upon the forehead of the melancholic woman aretwo semicircular furrows above the outer parts of the the
Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IV. PERIODICAL FORMS. In circular insanity we furnish pictures merely of the antago-nistic maniacal and melancholic conditions, as the expression inthe latter is very similar to that in the free intervals. The pictures show this antagonism very distinctly. As thewrinkles of the melancholic period, which persist for a long time,are permanently fixed, the expression of excitement is somewhatobliterated. Upon the forehead of the melancholic woman aretwo semicircular furrows above the outer parts of the the melancholic stage this patient suffered from violentheadache, and the frontal muscle exhibited frequent brief con-tractions in its outer parts above these furrows. The spasmodicmuscular contraction was confined to the outer parts because themedian portion is held more firmly in position, and hence thepeculiar semicircular furrows were produced. As a matter of course there was a very active play of featuresduring the period of excitement, and the pic
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