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Alcoholism - Psychological aspects

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  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A drunken brawl in a tavern with men shouting encouragement. Wood engraving by J.-B.C. Carbonneau after A. Brouwer.
  • Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.
  • The fortunes of Peter Pickle, Esquire, whose fashionable lifestyle ends with a drink problem. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1731, after himself.
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    Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

    Le Poutre, Jean-A., active 1680. | Reference: 26311i
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    A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

    Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678. | Date: 1640 | Reference: 26305i
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    A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1 February 1751 | Reference: 26961i
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    Alkoholabstinenz und Psychiatrie am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts / [Rudolf Debrunner].

    Debrunner, Rudolf. | Date: 1961
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    A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1798, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: 1 April 1798 | Reference: 26454i
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