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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.

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.

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

De l'hypochondrie et du suicide : Considerations sur les causes, sur le siege et le traitement de ces maladies, sur les moyens d'en arreter les progres et d'en prevenir le developpement.

Traité des vapeurs, ou maladies nerveuses : et particulièrement de l'hystérie et de l'hypocondrie.

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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.

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

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

De l'hypochondrie et du suicide : Considerations sur les causes, sur le siege et le traitement de ces maladies, sur les moyens d'en arreter les progres et d'en prevenir le developpement.

Traité des vapeurs, ou maladies nerveuses : et particulièrement de l'hystérie et de l'hypocondrie.