The anatomy of melancholy : what it is. With all the kindes, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, and seuerall cures of it. In three partitions, with their severall sections, members & subsections. Philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut-vp / by Democritus Junior. With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse.

Robert Burton

Date:: 1638

Credit: The anatomy of melancholy : what it is. With all the kindes, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, and seuerall cures of it. In three partitions, with their severall sections, members & subsections. Philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut-vp / by Democritus Junior. With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$rSupcr- ' naturall / - o* J t* '» ta is e u Or O ^ A SeB, 2, Caufes of < Melancholy I are either .Natural r ? Sympfiscfthefrfl P,arti tion. As from God immediately>or by fecond ci\ji(ts,SntfeB. i- Or from the devil immediately, with a digreffion of the nature of fpirits and devils, Suh 2. Or mediately by Magicians, Witchcs,i’«^. 3. Primary as ftars, proved by Aphorifmes,figncs from' Phy*^ fiognomy,Metoporcopy,Cheiromancy,J’«^/.4. . cOIdage, tempcramencj^’a^/j. 1 hwar^d hereditary difeafe^ f Neceflary, fee 'tS fNurlb, Education, Subf.i. , Tcrrors,aflfrights, Subf,^]. Scoffes, calumnies, bitter jefts,i’«^.4. <j Lofs of liberty, fervitude, impriibnment. Sub, 5. Poverty and ’w^v^x.,SHb. 6, An hcape of other acci¬ dents, death offriends, Ioffe,&c. Subf,j, ’In which the body works on the mind, and this malady is caufed byprecedent difeafes; as agues, pox,&c. or tempe- < or Or c3 j c3 T3 'CO Out¬ ward or adven¬ titious, which .are H ^Evident j outward, 5 remote, ad- J vciititious, ^ as <! Or u C c z Contingent inward t«ccaen£j» ncareft. Memb, 5. ^ScB,2, [particular Co the threeipecies. Sec jc riinirc innate, 3ffbf,\, Orby particular parts Hiffem- perea,as brain,heart, fplecn, ^ liver, Mefcntery, Pylorus^ ^ ftomack,&c. ‘T pn particular caufes ' StB, 2. Memb.')l Inward rrOfhcad ^ Mclancholy<* zxe^Sub.^, Outward * Innate humor,or from diftemperature aduft, |A hot brainc,corrupt bloud in the brainc. Exceffe ofVenery,or defed. Agues,or fome precedent difcaic. Fumes arifing from the fl:omack,&c. Heat of the Sunne immoderate. A blow on the head. Over much ufc of hot wines/piccs,garlickc, onions,hot baths,ovcr much waking,&c. Idleneffe, folitarineffe, or over much ftudy, vehement labour,&c. Paflions, pcrturbatioris,&c. Of hypo- r Inward /Default of(pIcen,bclIy,boweIs,ftomack, mc- condriacall,^ \ fcntcry,miferiack veincs,Iiver,&c. orwindie ^ yMonths,orhemrod$ ftopt,or any other ordi-^ melancholy / • nary evacuation.! *re, ^Outward ^ Thofe fix non-naturall things abu/ed. Over aU the<:inwara diftempered, ftopped, over hot, apt to vCTdutiicx ingcnder melancholy, temperature innate. Sbr^^^* / Or ; ^Baddiet,fiipprelIion of hcmrods,&c.and filch COutward ^ evacuations, paflions, cares, ic. thofe fix ‘ ^ C Bon-naturall things abufed. f Neceffary$

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