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Illness and Diseases


Famine, Plague, etc.



5 subcategories
Famine

FAMINE

Insanity

INSANITY

Leprosy

LEPROSY

Patients and Invalids

PATIENTS AND INVALIDS

Plague

PLAGUE

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The demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit.An inscription says: "I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains..." This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was supposed to drive sickness away. H:15 cm, MNB 467
#08021122

The demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit.An inscription s...

The demon-god Pazuzu peers over the edge of this bronze plaque.Top register:symbols of the Babylonian chief gods;below:animal-headed protective beings; fish- clad priests attend a sick person;Pazuzu drives out the female demon Lamashtu. Bronze, 13,3 x 8,4 cm AO 22205
#08021123

The demon-god Pazuzu peers over the edge of this bronze plaque.Top regist...

Votive plaque from a man suffering from eye-trouble and the malformation of a foot. Imperial Rome. From Cyprus. MNB 324
#08021658

Votive plaque from a man suffering from eye-trouble and the malformation of...

Amphiaraios, the physician, treats the shoulder of a young man. The same young man on a bed, while a snake licks his shoulder. Votiv relief offered by Archinos to Amphiaraios,to whom god-like honours were given for his oracles and cures. 49 x 54.5 cm Inv. 3369
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Amphiaraios, the physician, treats the shoulder of a young man. The same youn...

Doctor bleeding a patient. Red-figured arybalos (5th BCE), called the Peytel Arybalos. Height 8.5 cm CA 2138
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Doctor bleeding a patient. Red-figured arybalos (5t...

Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers. Votive stone relief (end 4th BCE) from Greece. Ma 755
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Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers. Votive stone relief (end...

The god Attis,companion of the Goddess Cybele.In an orgiastic frenzy,Attis is said to have emasculated himself. Bronze statuette from Saloniki, H: 33 cm Br 493 Br 493
#10020339

The god Attis,companion of the Goddess Cybele.In an orgiastic frenzy,Attis i...

The madness of Lykurgos and Dionysos. Monumental southern Italian Greek vase (330 BCE) from Canossa in Apulia, Italy.
#10030169

The madness of Lykurgos and Dionysos. Monumental southern Ital...

Colossal bust of Attis,Phrygian god and companion of Cybele,who,in an orgiastic frenzy,is said to have emasculated himself. Imperial Rome. Ludovisi Collection, Cat,239
#10050144

Colossal bust of Attis,Phrygian god and companion of Cybele,who,in an orgiast...

Women at the Healing Waters. Relief from the pedestal of a monument. Saint-Fontaine near Merlebach, France.
#10050424

Women at the Healing Waters. Relief from the pedestal...

Surgical instruments. From Metz or the Moselle region. Bronze
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Surgical instruments. From Metz or the Moselle...

Surgical instruments. From Metz or the Moselle region. Bronze
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Surgical instruments. From Metz or the Moselle...