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Alcoholic psychoses

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  • An alcoholic man with delirium tremens on his deathbed, surrounded by his terrified family. Colour lithograph after E. Burnand, ca. 1900 (?).
  • People reaching for alcoholic drink falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree; skeletons litter the ground. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.
  • A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
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    A raving maniac with a bottle and a drivelling fool with a glass. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: [1842] | Reference: 26468i
    Part of: The Drunkard
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    A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1847 | Reference: 25972i
    Part of: The bottle
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    Alcoholism as a cause of insanity in lunatic asylums, and as cause of broken and poor homes in society. Lithograph attributed to Paul-Emile Colin, ca. 1900.

    Colin, Paul-Emile, 1867-1949. | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 543166i
    Part of: Mobilier et matériel pour l'enseignement
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    People reaching for alcoholic drink falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree; skeletons litter the ground. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1842] | Reference: 26469i
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    • Online

    An alcoholic man with delirium tremens on his deathbed, surrounded by his terrified family. Colour lithograph after E. Burnand, ca. 1900 (?).

    Burnand, Eugène, 1850-1921. | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 675357i
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