Afflicted Collection

PESTILENCE/BIBLICAL ERA
Illustration showing those afflicted with pestilence of biblical era, Israel

MAN WITH GOITRE AND SON
A man afflicted with a goitre, with his cretin son Date: circa 1880

Lord Curzon in Robes
GEORGE NATHANIEL, first marquess CURZON of Kedleston, widely travelled diplomat and author, Viceroy of India; afflicted with chronic curvature of the spine. Date: 1859 - 1925

Wassilko-Serecki / Zugun
Eleonore Zugun (right) (1914 - ?) and Countess Zoe Wassilko- Serecki. There was much study of Zugun in relation to poltergeist activity which afflicted her childhood

Man and Writers Block
A writer, afflicted by writers block, is at a loss for words. The floor is littered with unsuccessful drafts

Abimelech afflicted by God - Genesis 20. circa 1690

Magic and Witchcraft
A sorcerer draws a magic circle - witches fly to the sabbat and dance with demons - the afflicted are exorcised and made to vomit the demons possessing them...its magic! Date: 1715

Rickets Patient
A child afflicted with rickets. Date: circa 1870

John Grooms Home at Sekforde Street, London
John Groom and the Afflicted, Blind and Crippled Workers at the home he founded for their care on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell. Date: Date unknown

One-armed flower-makers at John Grooms training home
A uniformed group of one-armed girls, described as expert flower makers, at the industrial training home run by John Groom for afflicted, blind and crippled girls

Jesus Expels Demons
Jesus expels several demons from a possessed man

JANE GIBBS impostor who pretends to be a servant or a Quaker afflicted by misfortune, wheedling mony from gullible gentlemen

Loudun / Soeur Claire 2
Despite being exorcised, Claire de Sazilly, one of the afflicted nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule, refuses to admit that she is possessed by the demon

Jonathan Martin
JONATHAN MARTIN brother of the artist John M. mentally afflicted incendiary who set fire to York Minster, 1829

Job Afflicted
Satan hovers over Job as he sits patiently on his dunghill, uncomplaining despite his afflictions

Boys with Convulsions
Boys afflicted with Chorea, known as St Vitus dance, or as Danse de Saint-Guy in France

Loudun / Soeur Claire
Claire de Sazilly, one of the afflicted nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule, is exorcised in the presence of the duc d Orleans Date: 20 June 1633

Abimelech Afflicted
Because he has - albeit unwittingly - lain with Sarah, Abrahams wife (he said she was his sister) Abimelech is punished with infertility by God

LA Salpetriere, Paris
Inmates of La Salpetriere, one of Pariss asylums for the mentally afflicted : later in the century this will be where Charcot conducts his influential researches

Attacking Rabid Dog
Citizens take up arms against a dog afflicted with rabies, or hydrophobia, or canine madness : a street pedlar falls, trying to escape, while women run into hiding

Skeleton of Rickets
Skeleton of an adult patient afflicted with rickets (rachitis)

Asklepios (Mirys)
When plague-afflicted Romans come to his sanctuary seeking help, they are tricked into believing that a serpent is Asklepios in person, and carry it happily home to Rome

Demons into Pigs
At Gadara, he persuades demons to leave afflicted individuals and enter some innocent pigs instead

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