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Absence as a cure for love melancholy. 552

Overlong absence as a cause of jealousy. 599

Errors of scholars. 141,139

Abstinence commended. 236

Why adversity is better than prosperity. 338

Different meanings of melancholy, 11; of jealousy, 591.

Rivalry, hatred, faction and desire for revenge as causes of melancholy, 102; their cure, 347.

Where the emotions arise, 25; how they transform us, 5. The states of sleeping and waking, 24.

What kind of disorder melancholy is. 32

Against abuse, rejection, injuries, insults, disgrace and mockery. 350

Against envy, spite, hatred and malice. 33

Against sorrow, groundless fears and the death of friends. 340

How air causes melancholy, 82; how properly managed it cures melancholy, 219, 265. Air in relation to love, 457.

Aerial devils. 40

Everyone is melancholic. 33

All beautiful features attract love. 463

Alkermes as a remedy for melancholy. 393

The medicinal properties of aloes. 378

The purpose of alterative medicines, 367; their use against melancholy, 389,398.

Ambition defined and described: a cause of melancholy, 103,112; of heresy, 647. It obstructs and spoils many marriages, 579.

Loveliness as the object of love. 412

Attractive objects as causes of love melancholy. 481,494

Amulets debated and approved. 394

Anger described; its effects and how it causes melancholy. 104

Antimony as a purge for melancholy. 377

Antony captivated by Cleopatra. 476

A defence of the treatment of love melancholy. 406

Appetite. 24

How apples are beneficial or harmful. 69

Dress and clothing as a cause of love melancholy. 473

Ancient aqueducts. 233

What arteries are. 16

Air modified by human art as a remedy for melancholy. 261

Artificial attractions that awaken love. 469

The doctrines of the Arminians. 715

The art of memory. 284

Astrological rules: their usefulness as signs or causes of melancholy. 57

Astrological signs of love. 447

Atheists described. 683

Treatments that divert melancholy. 388

Drinkable gold criticized and approved. 371

13305.Equivocations here means distinct senses of a word, not deceptive or evasive speech. The index distinguishes melancholy as a passing disposition from melancholy as an established disorder.

13306.Affections can mean emotions, bodily conditions or states. The entry compresses different discussions into one heading; sleeping and waking are states rather than emotions.

13307.The source prints 33. This conspicuously short locator is retained, as are other suspect numbers in the Table. Compare the separate entry on envy and malice, which directs the reader to 347; the intended number here remains to be established.

13308.Alkermes is the historical compound confection discussed among Burton’s remedies. Its name is retained. The Table summarizes his medical authorities and does not itself supply ingredients or doses.

13309.Alteratives were medicines intended to change an unhealthy bodily quality or humour. Averters, below, are treatments intended to draw or divert the offending humour away from the affected part.