Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.

Crowds of sick people gathered at the tomb of F. de Paris, St. Medard cemetery, in the hope of a miracle cure. Engraving.

An epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher, two men try to restrain him. Ink drawing attributed to J.B. Jouvenet.

A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

14 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

1 print : etching ; platemark 8.7 x 10.8 cm

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 22.9 x 16.6 cm

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 15.3 x 20.1 cm

Personality in epilepsy / by John Guerrant [and others].

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Epileptics

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Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

Crowds of sick people gathered at the tomb of F. de Paris, St. Medard cemetery, in the hope of a miracle cure. Engraving.

Personality in epilepsy / by John Guerrant [and others].

Epileptics

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Images referencing Epileptics

Works from the collections

Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

Crowds of sick people gathered at the tomb of F. de Paris, St. Medard cemetery, in the hope of a miracle cure. Engraving.

Personality in epilepsy / by John Guerrant [and others].

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