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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.

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

Vivre l'épilepsie / Marc Beaussart, Jacqueline Beaussart-Defaye.

Sobre un epiléptico legendario : Cambises, segundo rey de los persas / Julio C. Ortiz de Zarate.

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Epileptics

Images from the collections

Images about Epileptics

Works from the collections

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

Vivre l'épilepsie / Marc Beaussart, Jacqueline Beaussart-Defaye.

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.

Sobre un epiléptico legendario : Cambises, segundo rey de los persas / Julio C. Ortiz de Zarate.

Epileptics

Images from the collections

Images about Epileptics

Works from the collections

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

Vivre l'épilepsie / Marc Beaussart, Jacqueline Beaussart-Defaye.

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.

Sobre un epiléptico legendario : Cambises, segundo rey de los persas / Julio C. Ortiz de Zarate.

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