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J Nerv Ment Dis
; 186(11): 716-21, 1998 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9824175
ABSTRACT
The authors have gathered and analyzed the visual hallucinations described in the mid- to late-19th century from archived medical records of the former psychiatric hospital "Osservanza" in Imola, northern Italy. Though the investigation was not intended as a statistical survey, the principal aim being to classify the hallucinations according to their outward characteristics, the authors have tried to locate the possible sources of these phenomena in folklore and religious iconography.