PubMed · 3045302
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L Payne. 1988. It's magic!. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3045302/
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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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