The vampire in medical perspective: myth or malady? - Oxford …
WEBAug 1, 2014 · The association between vampirism and porphyria is probably the most famous one. Porphyria refers to a group of disorders characterized by a defect in one of the enzymes involved in the synthesis of heme.
How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries
WEBOct 31, 2023 · How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries. From “Dracula” to “True Blood,” vampires are a spooky story staple that just won’t die. Elements of science and medicine are also ...
The Myth of a Medical Explanation for Vampirism - Atlas Obscura
WEBOct 30, 2017 · In a talk at a conference in 1985, Canadian biochemist David H. Dolphin proposed that vampire and werewolf myths derived from a disease known as porphyria, the New York Times reported. The ...
Clinical vampirism - Wikipedia
WEBClinical vampirism. Clinical vampirism, more commonly known as Renfield's syndrome, is an obsession with drinking blood. The earliest presentation of clinical vampirism in psychiatric literature was a psychoanalytic interpretation of two cases, contributed by Richard L. Vanden Bergh and John. F. Kelley. [1]
The real-life diseases that spread the vampire myth - BBC
WEBOct 31, 2016 · Author Roger Luckhurst, who edited Oxford World’s Classic’s reprint of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, has researched the conditions which spread the belief in vampires, showing that the myth began ...
More ‘disease’ than ‘Dracula’ – how the vampire myth was born
WEBOct 14, 2021 · It is likely that no one disease provides a simple, “pure” origin for vampire myths, since beliefs about vampires changed over time. But two in particular show solid links.
Vampirism as Mental Illness: Myth, Madness and the Loss of …
WEBOct 19, 2010 · Vampirism, as a clinical presentation, was formerly much discussed in psychiatric literature. In recent years this has not been the case. This article begins by exploring the history of vampiric phenomena and the various medical theories of vampirism.
Clinical Vampirism: Blending Myth and Reality
WEBDec 1, 1994 · Its relationships with established diagnostic categories, particularly schizophrenia and psychopathy, are also examined and illustrated by the presentation of a “modern” vampire. As myth and reality are disentangled, clinical vampirism reveals the complex mother-child dyad’s blood ties running amok.
WEBPhilip D. Jaffe and Frank DiCataldo. Vampires arouse strong popular interest and attract large print and film audiences. Their influence is also notable in clinical vampirism, a rare condition described in the forensic literature covering some of …
Vampirism—A Clinical Condition | The British Journal of Psychiatry ...
WEBJan 29, 2018 · The phenomenon of the vampire is ancient, ubiquitous, and fascinating; moreover, it can only be understood adequately within the context of more general blood reliefs and rituals. (See Prins, 1984 for a review).