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A photographic portrait of S. Weir Mitchell, bearded, head and shoulders, wearing a cape.
Formal Photogravure of a white man in a suit with a beard and glasses.
Engraved portrait of an older man with a beard in a suit, with printed signature below.
Head and shoulders engraved portrait of an older white man, with a signature below.
Formal portrait of a white man large lamb chop sideburns, head and shoulders, with facsimile autograph at bottom.

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Formal portrait of a white man large lamb chop sideburns, head and shoulders, with facsimile autograph at bottom.

George Beard, M.D.

George Beard (1839–1883) is credited with coining the word "neurasthenia," a term that came into great prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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