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  • A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885.
  • A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885.
  • Mentally ill people at the Charité hospital sitting and looking at a piece of apparatus (camera?). Photogravure by C. Block after G. Moreau de Tours.
  • Mentally ill people in the garden of an asylum, a warden lurks in the background. Engraving by K.H. Merz under the direction of S. Amsler, c. 1834, after W. Kaulbach.
  • Mentally ill people in the garden of an asylum, a warden lurks in the background. Engraving by K.H. Merz under the direction of S. Amsler, c. 1834, after W. Kaulbach.
  • List of danger signals of mental illness in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Medical Services, ca. 2000.
  • Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
  • Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
  • Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1984. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands centrum Geestelijke volksgezondheid, 1986.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1982. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1984.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1990. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1992.
  • Statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Centrum Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 1982.
  • People talking to psychoanalysts; representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 2000. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 2001.
  • A Sudanese man suffering from mental illness is restrained with a y-shaped piece of wood bolted around his neck, Sudan. Photograph, 1947.
  • A Sudanese man suffering from mental illness is restrained with a y-shaped piece of wood bolted around his neck, Sudan. Photograph, 1947.
  • A precarious figure on a tightrope, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980-1996. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 1999.
  • A human figure erratically painted by Herman Brood, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1997. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 2000.
  • A psychoanalyst on his couch analysing himself in a mirror; with statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1992. Lithograph for the Nederlands centrum Geestelijke volksgezondheid, 1994.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Lamiaceae. Baikal skullcap. Distribution: China. There are several hundred species of Scutellaria, also known as skull caps, so correct identification is important - in particular from Scutellaria lateriflora an American species known as Blue skullcap. The latter is used as an abortifacient and to expel placenta by the Cherokee and for cleaning the throat by the Iroquois (Austin, 2004). Much vaunted as a treatment for rabies with unlikely statistics (1,400 cases cured by one doctor alone). Also as ‘antispasmodic, nervine, [for] chorea, convulsions, tetanus, tremors, delirium tremens, [and as a] diaphoretic and diuretic'. Toxicity symptoms include mental confusion, stupor, headache, vertigo, photophobia, dilated pupils, difficulty in micturition, bradycardia, tremulousness and languor, followed by wakefulness and restlessness (Milspaugh, 1974). Hutchens (1991) reported that it reduces sexual desire and was used for almost every nervous illness. Scutellaria baicalensis contains baicalin, baicalein and wogonin (European Medicines Agency, September 2010). It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for treating inflammation, cancer, bacterial and viral infections of the lungs and gut and is one of the '50 Chinese herbs' in the lists of some authors. Scutellaria lateriflora (combined with Verbena officinalis, Passiflora incarnata and the seed of Avena sativa (oats) is licensed for use in Britain as a herbal medicine for temporary relief of mild symptoms of stress such as mild anxiety and to aid sleep, based upon traditional use only. Scutellaria baicalensis is not licensed for use in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: panoramic view. Wood engraving, 1867.
  • Maria Cosway painting in a lunatic's cell in an asylum. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • The Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The floor plan with scale of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The floor plan with scale of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • Chapters in the history of the insane in the British Isles / by Daniel Hack Tuke.
  • David playing the harp before Saul. Etching by W. van der Leeuw after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630.