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The effects of banishment, 170; its cure and antidote, 339.

Bald men as lustful. 603

The distress caused by infertility. 171

Infertility as a cause of jealousy. 603

Barren land has the best air. 260

Bashfulness as a symptom of melancholy, 187; of love melancholy, 502; its cure, 396.

Humble birth is no disgrace. 312

Bathing properly regulated. 237

Procurers as a cause of love melancholy. 498

Balm as a remedy for melancholy. 368

Beasts and birds in love. 436

Lovers’ baits. 494

Beef as a food that produces melancholy. 66

Beer criticized. 71

The best location for a house. 261

Beauty defined, 404; as a cure for melancholy, 467; described, 462; in particular features, 463; praised, 453. Its power to attract, advantages and excellence; how it causes melancholy, 456,468. It inflicts grievous wounds and is irresistible, 461. It owes more to art than to nature, 469; is fragile and uncertain, 560; is criticized, 562; is a cause of jealousy, 601. The beauty of God, 634.

Bezoar stone as a remedy for melancholy. 392

Black eyes are best. 464

Black spots on the nails as signs of melancholy. 58

The black man as a pearl in a woman’s eye. 464

How blasphemy may be forgiven. 713

The blindness of lovers. 519

When and how bloodletting cures melancholy. 384

How bloodletting and purging cause melancholy. 80

A blow to the head as a cause of melancholy. 176

The causes of melancholy throughout the body. 178

Bodily symptoms of melancholy, 178; of love melancholy, 503.

Physical exercises, 268. How the body affects the mind, 89,174,189.

Books of every kind. 280,281

Borage and bugloss as sovereign herbs against melancholy, 370; their wines and juice as excellent remedies, 374.

How a disordered brain causes melancholy, 174; its parts examined anatomically, 19.

How bread and beer cause melancholy. 70

Which brows and foreheads are most attractive. 463

Jealousy in beasts. 594

Occupation as the best cure for love melancholy. 545