Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching by J.D. de Montalegre and M.H. Rentz.

The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure her possessed daughter; she points to a dog, to which she compares herself. Etching by P. del Po after Annibale Carracci.

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Saint Benedict exorcising through prayer a man possessed by demons. Etching by G.M. Giovannini after L. Carracci.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.

A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching.

Christ heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan. Etching by Simpson after S. Wale.

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<p>Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 6. The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"</p>

1 print : etching ; platemark 33.1 x 21 cm

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 17.6 x 29.1 cm

Eighteenth Century collections online

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

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Demoniac possession

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

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Demoniac possession

Images

Works

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

Wellcome Collection

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