| RefNo | AP/38/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the application of photography to the physiognomic and mental phenomena of insanity' by Hugh W [Welch] Diamond |
| Creator | Diamond; Hugh Welch (1809-1886); British psychiatrist; photographer |
| Date | April 1856 |
| Description | Diamond explains that his position as 'Medical Superintendent of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum' [London] has enabled him to to take photographic portraits of inpatients at the facility. He describes how portraits of inpatients can be taken over the period of their time at the facility to be kept as records for study and comparison by the physician and psychologist.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Photography / Psychiatry
Received 23 April 1856. Read 22 May 1856. Communicated by Admiral [William Henry] Smyth.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the application of photography to the physiognomic and mental phenomena of insanity'. |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0036 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |