A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished blood flow to the brain (i.e., BRAIN ISCHEMIA). Presyncope refers to the sensation of lightheadedness and loss of strength that precedes a syncopal event or accompanies an incomplete syncope. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp367-9)
    

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A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.

Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Etching by L.J. Le Lorrain after J.F. de Troy.

Dandies at the opera, one of them swooning, overcome with emotion. Coloured etching by I.R. Cruikshank, 1818.

A woman faints and is supported by a man nearby. Engraving by J. Heath after W. Hamilton.

The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope, and on vital and post-mortem burning : suggested by the case of the alleged Bridgnorth matricide / by Samuel Wright.

A young woman feigns illness in a chair, two men take her pulse while a physician is consulted. Line engraving by A. Baratti after P. A. Novelli.

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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope, and on vital and post-mortem burning : suggested by the case of the alleged Bridgnorth matricide / by Samuel Wright.

A young woman feigns illness in a chair, two men take her pulse while a physician is consulted. Line engraving by A. Baratti after P. A. Novelli.

Cardiac and circulatory subjects (4th series)