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"The Bottle" (1847)

Illustration by British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank (1792-1878). A man, ruined by alcohol and placed in an institution, is huddled before a locked cage that protects a stove. He is visited by a son and daughter. Through a doorway, a wide-eyed maniac sits on the floor, and a man holding a key waits outside the door. (Source: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. Public domain.)

Associated Disorders

  • Alcohol intoxication
  • Alcohol withdrawal seizures
  • Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
  • Alcoholic myopathy
  • Alcoholic neuropathy
  • Alcoholic pellagra
  • Autonomic hyperactivity
  • Central pontine myelinolysis
  • Cerebral contusion
  • Delirium tremens
  • Epidural hematoma
  • Epilepsy
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Hyponatremia
  • Korsakoff psychosis
  • Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome
  • Subdural hematoma
  • Substance abuse
  • Wernicke encephalopathy
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome