Somatoform disorder that involves an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness

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A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.

Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac, complaining of his ailments to his nurse. Pen and ink drawing by L. Frölich, 1859.

A seated hypochondriac shivering in front of a fire and surrounded by pills. Coloured aquatint by A. Atkinson, 1819.

Six scenes narrating the fuss caused by a man's progression from minor cold to supposed major illness and then sudden recovery. Etching by J. Lisle after himself.

Tabitha Grunt a hypochondriac who appears to suffer from many illnesses, consulting a bemused looking doctor. Coloured reproduction of an etching after G. Cruikshank, 1813.

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A young woman dabs her eye as her mother looks askance; she suspects the onset of cholera. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.

The characters (in silhouette) from Molière's play 'Le malade imaginaire'. Process print.

A married couple who have begun physically to resemble each other. Drawing, c. 1794.

Seven medical conditions humourously illustrated. Reproduction of an etching.

An eminent physician looks at the tongue of an elderly hypochondriac. Colour etching after J.F. Dunant, 1823.

A hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.

Senile insanity : hypochondriasis / by John M. Galt ..., Superintendent and Physician of the Eastern Asylum of Virginia.

A hypochondriac with an enormous quantity of medicine bottles and pill boxes receiving a visitor. Watercolour by H.M. Bateman, 1915.

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 2 avril 1841 / par Corvin A. Olszewo Olszewski, Alphonse-Jean-Nepomucin-François.

Traité des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes / [Pierre Pomme].

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Hypochondriasis

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A hypochondriac tells her doctor that she has a pain in her heart whilst clutching the wrong side of her chest. Reproduction of a drawing after Beauchamp, 1932.

Senile insanity : hypochondriasis / by John M. Galt ..., Superintendent and Physician of the Eastern Asylum of Virginia.

A hypochondriac with an enormous quantity of medicine bottles and pill boxes receiving a visitor. Watercolour by H.M. Bateman, 1915.

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 2 avril 1841 / par Corvin A. Olszewo Olszewski, Alphonse-Jean-Nepomucin-François.

Traité des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes / [Pierre Pomme].