A Dictionary of Hallucinations (repost)

A Dictionary of Hallucinations is designed to serve as a reference manual for neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, neurologists, historians of psychiatry, general practitioners, and academics dealing professionally with concepts of hallucinations and other sensory deceptions.

The Dictionary of Hallucinations is an alphabetical listing of issues pertaining to hallucinations and other misperceptions. They can be roughly divided into five categories:

1. Definitions of individual hallucinatory symptoms
2. Medical conditions and substances associated with the mediation of hallucinations
3. Definitions of the terms hallucination and illusion by important historical authors
4. Historical figures who are known to have experienced hallucinations
5. Miscellaneous issues.

Each of the definitions of individual hallucinatory symptoms includes:

a definition of the term
its etymological origin
the year of introduction (if known)
a reference to the author or authors who introduced the term (if known)
a description of the current use
a brief explanation of the etiology and pathophysiology of the symptom at hand (if known)
references to related terms
references to the literature.