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A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.

Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.

Victory of Indrajit. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.

Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.

A collage directed by downward arrows of a photograph of a man, a woman, a drawing of a bed and a condom interpersed with lettering relating to a couple who meet but then come into contact with AIDS; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS. Colour lithograph by Delphine Chanet.

Your child's fears / Ross Laboratories.

A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Panic disorder in the medical setting / Wayne Katon.

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Your child's fears / Ross Laboratories.

A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Panic disorder in the medical setting / Wayne Katon.