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  • view Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
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    Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.

    | Date: 1858 | Reference: 20076i
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    Schizophrenia.

    | Date: 2002
  • view Thoughts on the causation of insanity / by John P. Gray.
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    Thoughts on the causation of insanity / by John P. Gray.

    Gray, John P. (John Purdue), 1825-1886 | Date: 1872?
  • view An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
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    An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 | Date: [ca, 1840?] | Reference: 20044i
  • view Traité sur les phrénopathies, ou, Doctrine nouvelle des maladies mentales, bases sur des observations pratiques et statistiques, et l'etude des causes, de la nature, des symptomes, du pronostic, du diagnostic et du traitement de ces affections  / par J. Guislain.
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    Traité sur les phrénopathies, ou, Doctrine nouvelle des maladies mentales, bases sur des observations pratiques et statistiques, et l'etude des causes, de la nature, des symptomes, du pronostic, du diagnostic et du traitement de ces affections / par J. Guislain.

    | Date: 1835
  • view Mad Margery, a young woman driven mad and living in the fields. Oil painting attributed to J.J. Hill, 18--.
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    Mad Margery, a young woman driven mad and living in the fields. Oil painting attributed to J.J. Hill, 18--.

    Hill, James John, 1811-1882 | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 603136i
  • view Manuel pratique de médecine mentale / par E. Régis ; avec une préface par M. Benjamin Ball.
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    Manuel pratique de médecine mentale / par E. Régis ; avec une préface par M. Benjamin Ball.

    Régis, E. (Emmanuel), 1855-1918 | Date: 1885
  • view Testimonials in favour of James Hunter, Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the University of Edinburgh [for the position of Deputy Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland].
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    Testimonials in favour of James Hunter, Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the University of Edinburgh [for the position of Deputy Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland].

    | Date: [1899?]
  • view A woman diagnosed as suffering from mania. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.
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    A woman diagnosed as suffering from mania. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.

    Williamson, J., active 1890. | Date: [1892] | Reference: 38624i
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    Mental health is ugly : a collaborative zine / edited by Queer Anxiety Babiez Distro.

    | Date: 2015
  • view A new view of insanity : the duality of the mind proved by the structure, functions, and diseases of the brain, and by the phenomena of mental derangement, and shewn to be essential to moral responsibility. With an appendix: 1. On the influence of religion on insanity. 2. Conjectures on the nature of the mental operations. 3. On the management of lunatic asylums / by A.L. Wigan.
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    A new view of insanity : the duality of the mind proved by the structure, functions, and diseases of the brain, and by the phenomena of mental derangement, and shewn to be essential to moral responsibility. With an appendix: 1. On the influence of religion on insanity. 2. Conjectures on the nature of the mental operations. 3. On the management of lunatic asylums / by A.L. Wigan.

    | Date: 1844
  • view Zweifelhafte Geisteszustände von Gericht : Gutachten erstattet und für Aerzte und Richter / bearbeitet von Carl Liman.
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    Zweifelhafte Geisteszustände von Gericht : Gutachten erstattet und für Aerzte und Richter / bearbeitet von Carl Liman.

    | Date: 1869
  • view Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Engraving, 16--.
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    Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Engraving, 16--.

    | Reference: 20126i
  • view An inquiry concerning the indications of insanity : with suggestions of the better protection and care of the insane / by John Conolly... now reprinted by photolithography with an introduction by Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine.
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    An inquiry concerning the indications of insanity : with suggestions of the better protection and care of the insane / by John Conolly... now reprinted by photolithography with an introduction by Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine.

    Conolly, John, 1794-1866 | Date: 1964
  • view The insanity of over-exertion of the brain : being the Morison lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, session 1894 / by J. Batty Tuke.
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    The insanity of over-exertion of the brain : being the Morison lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, session 1894 / by J. Batty Tuke.

    | Date: [1894]
  • view Italiens Irrenwesen aus dem laufenden Jahrzehnt / dargestellt von Joh. Bapt. Ullersperger.
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    Italiens Irrenwesen aus dem laufenden Jahrzehnt / dargestellt von Joh. Bapt. Ullersperger.

    | Date: 1867
  • view Des idées de grandeur dans le délire des persécutions / par Paul-Emile Garnier.
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    Des idées de grandeur dans le délire des persécutions / par Paul-Emile Garnier.

    Garnier Paul Emile, 1848-1905. | Date: 1878
  • view Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams.
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    Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams.

    | Date: 1852
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    On sanity : one day in two lives / Una.

    Una | Date: 2016
  • view Lectures on clinical psychiatry / by Emil Kraepelin ; authorized translation from the German, revised and edited by Thomas Johnstone.
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    Lectures on clinical psychiatry / by Emil Kraepelin ; authorized translation from the German, revised and edited by Thomas Johnstone.

    Kraepelin, Emil, 1856-1926 | Date: 1904
  • view Male figure with myxedema, after treatment. Caption: 'Myxoedeme franc. Calvitie strumiprive, avant le traitement'
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    Male figure with myxedema, after treatment. Caption: 'Myxoedeme franc. Calvitie strumiprive, avant le traitement'

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    My self-harm nightmare.

    | Date: 2015
  • view The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
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    The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

    | Date: [1663] | Reference: 18171i
  • view Statistische Untersuchungen über Geisteskrankheiten : nach den Ergebnissen der ersten fünfundzwanzig Jahre der Kreis-Irrenanstalt zu Erlangen / unter Mitwirkung von deren Hülfsärzten herausgegeben von F.W. Hagen.
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    Statistische Untersuchungen über Geisteskrankheiten : nach den Ergebnissen der ersten fünfundzwanzig Jahre der Kreis-Irrenanstalt zu Erlangen / unter Mitwirkung von deren Hülfsärzten herausgegeben von F.W. Hagen.

    Hagen, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1814-1888 | Date: 1876
  • view On softening of the brain arising from anxiety & undue mental exercise and resulting in impairment of mind / Forbes Winslow.
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    On softening of the brain arising from anxiety & undue mental exercise and resulting in impairment of mind / Forbes Winslow.

    Winslow, Forbes, 1810-1874 | Date: 1849
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