[La pierre de la folie. The stone of madness].
During the 16th and 17th centuries the expression "to have a stone in the head" was synonymous with peculiar behaviour or mental symptoms. Many quacksalvers earned their living by treating such patients with a scalp incision, pretending to remove a stone. Some of the great painters from this period have used the subjects as models for their works of art. A series of paintings of this kind have been traced in different museums, catalogues and publications, and are described, followed by a short survey of popular beliefs and superstitions connected with stones.
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Juleforelesning i Rikshospitalets neurologiske, Oslo.
D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D011781:Quackery / Q000266:history*; D013483:Superstitions / Q000266:history
La pierre de la folie. Galskapens stein.