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Delirium

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

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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

6 works

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

    | Reference: 16062i
    • Pictures

    A physician telling a nurse that a patient must be delirious because he wants to return to his wife. Pen and ink drawing by Michaelson, 1936.

    Michaelson, active 1936. | Date: 1936 | Reference: 26451i
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    • Online

    On the pathology and treatment of delirium and coma : the Lumleian lectures for 1850 / by R.B. Todd.

    | Date: 1850
    • Books

    De la confusion mentale / Georges Gombault.

    Gombault, G. | Date: 1898
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    • Online

    De la folie : considérations sur cette maladie ; son siége et ses symptômes; la nature et le mod d'action de ses causes; sa march et ses terminaisons; les différences qui la distinguent du délire aigu; les moyens de traitement qui lui conviennent; suivies de recherches cadavériques / par M. Georget.

    Georget, Etienne Jean, 1795-1828. | Date: 1820
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