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An engraving depicting a long building with six wings of 3 floors and a 4 story central section with a dome and extensive grounds.
Title page, edited by the officers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum, Utica.
Dramatic formal portrait of a white man, head and shoulders, front pose, with his signature below.
Formal portrait of a white man seated at a desk with an open book; glasses on forehead; thoughtful pose.
Mid-19th-century compilation portrait of 176 members, all men.
A person is sitting in a chair; his body is immobilized by straps at the shoulders, arms, waist, and feet; a box-like apparatus is used to confine the head. There is a bucket attached beneath the seat.
Formal photographic portrait an older, bearded, white man, seated, wearing glasses.
Lithograph of head of French soldier facing right with brain exposed.

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Formal photographic portrait an older, bearded, white man, seated, wearing glasses.

Isaac Ray, M.D.

Isaac Ray was the foremost forensic psychiatrist of his time. In 1838, he published A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity (Boston), which served as an authoritative text for many years.

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