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 A tempestuous sea with a man chasing a boat.

Ezekiel has a vision of angels and spheres with eyes coasting along the thunderstruck sea. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-, after B. Picart.

The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.

A monk, suffering a hallucination that he is being attacked by wolves, being freed from his delusions by Saint Anselm. Drawing by an artist in the circle of J.W. Baumgartner.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

The temptation of Saint Antony. Pastel drawing by W.S.

A man riding a donkey deludes himself into believing that he is on a splendid horse. Coloured etching by G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A cross amidst trees and flames

Jacob's ladder; Moses' exhausting prayer; Elijah addressing God at a sacrifice. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.

Unilateral hallucinations : their relative frequency, associations, and pathology / by Alex. Robertson, M.D.

Hallucinations.

Ueber die phantastischen Gesichtserscheinungen : Eine physiologische Untersuchung mit einer physiologischen Urkunde des Aristoteles über den Traum / den Philosophen und Aerzten Gewidmet, vonJohannes Müller.

Le miracle et les sciences médicale : hallucination, apparitions, extase, fausse extase.

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The temptation of Saint Antony. Pastel drawing by W.S.

Unilateral hallucinations : their relative frequency, associations, and pathology / by Alex. Robertson, M.D.

Hallucinations.

Ueber die phantastischen Gesichtserscheinungen : Eine physiologische Untersuchung mit einer physiologischen Urkunde des Aristoteles über den Traum / den Philosophen und Aerzten Gewidmet, vonJohannes Müller.

Le miracle et les sciences médicale : hallucination, apparitions, extase, fausse extase.