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Delirium

Part of
Cognition Disorders
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases
Psychological manifestations of general diseases

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Images from the collections

Images about Delirium

4 images from works
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A physician asks a nurse how his patient is: she replies that he is rambling and delirious but the last sensible thing he uttered was an insulting remark about the doctor. Wood engraving, 1891.
  • A physician asks a nurse how his patient is: she replies that he is rambling and delirious but the last sensible thing he uttered was an insulting remark about the doctor. Wood engraving, 1891.

Works from the collections

22 works

    • Pictures

    A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16062i
    • Books
    • Online

    Leçons cliniques sur les maladies mentales / par V. Magnan ; recueillies par les Drs Journiac & Sérieux.

    | Valentin Magnan | Date: 1890
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Cullen's Lectures on the Practice of Medicine

    | Date: c. 1780 | Reference: MS.MSL.24
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Lecture notes of Dr Henry Herbert Southey's lectures

    | Southey, Henry Herbert, 1785-1865. | Date: c.1820 | Reference: MS.8719
    • Books
    • Online

    Lecons cliniques sur les maladies mentales; le delire chronique : Publications du Progres Medical.

    | Magnan, V. | Date: 1890
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