Stories
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
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The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
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An impartial enquiry into the case of the gospel demoniacks. With an appendix, consisting of an essay on scripture demonology. By William Worthington, D.D.
Worthington, William, 1703-1778.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1777]- Books
Exorcism and its texts : subjectivity in early modern literature of England and Spain / Hilaire Kallendorf.
Kallendorf, Hilaire, 1974-Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
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The devil turn'd casuist, or, The cheats of Rome laid open, in the exorcism of a despairing devil, at the house of Thomas Pennington in Orrel in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster / By Zachary Taylor.
Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705.Date: 1696- Books
Besessenheit oder Krankheit? : psychische Störung in der Medizin der frühen Neuzeit / Michael Kutzer.
Kutzer, Michael.Date: 1997