A profound state of unconsciousness associated with depressed cerebral activity from which the individual cannot be aroused. Coma generally occurs when there is dysfunction or injury involving both cerebral hemispheres or the brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION.
    

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by W.H. Mote, 1846, after J. Franklin after J.F. Overbeck.

The widow's son ecstatically returns to life in response to Elijah's prayer. Wood engraving.

Elijah prays to raise the widow's son. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1768, after Rembrandt.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Dambrun, 1793, after J.M. Moreau.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Disputatio medica inauguralis continens theoriam morborum soporosorum : Quam, praeside Deo opt. max. ex authoritate magnifici rectoris, D. Lucae Schacht ... ; nec non amplissimi senatûs academici consensu, & almae facultatis medicae decretô, pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus & privilegiis ritè ac legitimè consequendis, publico examini subjicit Petrus Fridericus d'Orville, Moeno-Francofurtensis. Ad diem 29 Septembr. locô horisque solitis.

Coma. Part 2, He's not our Craig.

Cases of apoplexy and lethargy: with observations upon the comatose diseases / By J. Cheyne.

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Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

Coma. Part 2, He's not our Craig.

Cases of apoplexy and lethargy: with observations upon the comatose diseases / By J. Cheyne.

Elijah prays to raise the widow's son. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1768, after Rembrandt.