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← ExitThe Anatomy of Melancholy
In Considering Diseases: Section 1, Member 1.

In diseases consider Sect. 1. Memb. 1.

Their Causes. Subs. 1. Impulsive; sinne, concupiscence, &c. Instrumentall; intemperance, all second causes, &c.

Or Definition, Member, Division, Subsect. 2. Of the body 300. which are Epidemicall; as Plague, Plica, &c. Or Particular; as Gout, Dropsie, &c.

Or of the head or minde. Subs. 3. In disposition; as all perturbations, evil affection, &c.

Or Habits, as Subs. 4. Dotage. Phrensie. Madnesse. Extasie. Lycanthropia. Chorus sancti Viti. Hydrophobia. Possession or obsession of Devils. Melancholy. See ♈

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The Anatomy of Melancholy · Robert Burton

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