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  • Saint Benedict exorcising through prayer a man possessed by demons. Etching by G.M. Giovannini after L. Carracci.
  • 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.
  • Psychiatric hospital (Het dol huys), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Etching, 17th century.
  • Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887.
  • Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887.
  • Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887.
  • Lectures on conditioned reflexes / Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ; translated and edited by W. Horsley Gantt ; with the collaboration of G. Volborth ; and an introduction by Walter B. Cannon.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with strong suicidal tendency. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1837, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with strong suicidal tendency. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1837, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from acute dementia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1836/1841, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from acute dementia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1836/1841, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Salpêtrière hospital, Paris: Philippe Pinel freeing the insane from their chains. Oil painting by T. Robert-Fleury, ca. 1876.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.