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A young woman dressed in white faints after hearing the predictions of a fortune-teller. Engraving by L.S. (?) L'Empereur after H. van Gorp, 1800/1810.
Gorp, Henri Nicolas van, approximately 1756-after 1819)Date: 1800-1810Reference: 563050i- Books
Disrepute / by Thomas Ferrier.
Ferrier, Thom.Date: [2010]- Archives and manuscripts
Lectures on "Neuroses"
Date: c. 1780Reference: MS.MSL.21- Books
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Contribution à l'étude du massage du coeur dans le traitement des syncopes anesthésiques (revue générale) : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 28 juillet 1904 / par Adolphe Peytard.
Peytard, Adolphe, 1875-Date: 1904- Books
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Thesaurus of horror; or, The charnelhouse explored!! : being an historical and philanthropical inquisition made for the quondam-blood of its inhabitants! by a contemplative descent into the untimely grave! shewing, by a number of awful facts that have transpired as well as from philosophical inquiry, the re-animating power of fresh earth in cases of syncope, &c. and the extreme criminality of hasty funerals: with the surest methods of escaping the ineffable horrors of premature interment!! The frightful mysteries of the dark ages laid open, which not only deluged the Roman Empire, but triumphed over all Christendom for a thousand years! Entombing the sciences, and subsequently reviving all the ignorance and superstition of Gothic barbarity! / by John Snart.
Snart, John.Date: 1817- Pictures
A girl fainting and collapsing into the arms of a woman, in the background is a similar scene of a fainting man. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny.
Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.Reference: 20002i- Archives and manuscripts
Venesection for acute and chronic conditions: polycythaemia, distention of right heart, high blood pressure etc
Date: 1927-1942Reference: PP/FPW/B.358Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Pictures
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Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by P. de Jode after Sir A. van Dyck.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 3501i- Pictures
Gismonda faints as she receives the heart of her lover Guiscardo on a dish. Etching by C. Gregori after Giovanni da San Giovanni (G. Manozzi) after Boccaccio.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.Date: [not after 1759]Reference: 2853407i- Pictures
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A group of women gather around a fainted woman, while a concerned man looks on, with an ornate border. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1782, after T. Stothard.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.Date: 19 January 1782Reference: 16850i- Pictures
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A young woman feigns illness in a chair, two men take her pulse while a physician is consulted. Line engraving by A. Baratti after P. A. Novelli.
Novelli, Pietro Antonio, 1729-1804.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 16839i- Pictures
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Crimean War: a soldier collapses during a roll-call in snowy weather. Mezzotint by W.T. Hulland, 1882, after E. Thompson, 1874.
Butler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson), 1846-1933.Date: 1 November 1882Reference: 42674i- Pictures
Christ falls while carrying the cross; Saint Veronica takes an impression of his face on a cloth. Engraving by C. Boel after D. Teniers II after G. Cariani.
Cariani, Giovanni, approximately 1485-approximately 1547.Date: [1658?]Reference: 2707293i- Pictures
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Dandies at the opera, one of them swooning, overcome with emotion. Etching by I.R. Cruikshank, 1835.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: Augt.1st. 1835Reference: 35497i- Pictures
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Dandies at the opera, one of them swooning, overcome with emotion. Coloured etching by I.R. Cruikshank, 1818.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: 11 December 1818Reference: 12030i- Books
Pointers to some remedies for vertigo, headache, apoplexy, sleeplessness, collapse, sunstroke / by M.L. Tyler.
Tyler, M. L. (Margaret Lucy)Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Pictures
Peter stands and preaches before the apostles after the event of the Pentecost. Engraving by W. Holl after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Reference: 24872i- Pictures
A woman dying of jealousy is cured by the apostles. Etching by G. Canuti after G. da Treviso.
Girolamo, da Treviso, 1497-1544.Reference: 24831i- Pictures
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Bacon's rebellion, Virginia, 1676-1677: Lydia, the wife of the rebel Edmund Cheeseman, faints as he is condemned for treason by the governor of Virgina, William Berkeley; a toothless old lady is restrained from attacking her. Coloured etching by A. Bobbet after F. Darley.
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 43252i- Pictures
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A fashionable young woman fainting into the arms of a young man at the bedside of an invalid. Engraving.
Reference: 20015i- Pictures
The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
Tintoretto, 1518-1594.Date: 1589Reference: 24605i- Pictures
The agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane; an angel descends to strengthen him. Engraving by J. Moyreau after L. Carracci (?).
Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2474350i- Pictures
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An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.
Cawse, John, 1779-1862.Date: 1837Reference: 42887i- Pictures
Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Etching, 17--, after J.C. Loth, il Carlotto.
Loth, Johann Carl, 1632-1698.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2200204i- Pictures
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Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Etching by L.J. Le Lorrain after J.F. de Troy.
Troy, Jean-François de, 1679-1752.Date: [1742]Reference: 42987i