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The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Hand and paps how forcible in Love-melanch. 464

Hard usage a cause of jealousie 599

Hauking and hunting why good 269

Hatred cause of mel. 100

Hereditary diseases, 61

Head melancholies causes, 175. symptomes, 198. his cure 392

Heavens penetrable, 252. Infinitly swift, 253

Hearing what 22

Heat immoderate cause of mel. 82

Health a pretious thing 170

Hell where 246

Help from friends against melanch. 294

Hellebor white and black purgers of mel. 378. black his vertues and history 379

Hemorrogia cause of mel. 78

Hemrods stopped cause of mel. 77

Hearbs causing mel. 68. curing mel. 234 proper to most diseases ibid.

Hereticks their conditions 657 their symptomes 666

Heroical loves pedegree, power, extent, 433 definition, part affected 440. tyranny ibid.

Hippocrates jealousie 600

Hippocrates described 691

Honest objects of love 421

Hope, a cure of misery 344

Hope and fear, the Divels main engins to entrap the world 651

Hope, good against melan. 378

Hot Countreys apt and prone to jealousie 601

Horse-leeches how and when used in melancholy 392.399

How oft ’tis fit to eat in a day 235

How to resist passions 287

How men fall in love 468

Humours what they are 14

Hydrophobia described 10

Hypocondriacal melancholy 35. his causes, inward, outward, 180 symptome 199. cure of it 408. Hypocondries misaffected, causes 175

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The power of hands and breasts in love melancholy. 464

Harsh treatment as a cause of jealousy. 599

Why hawking and hunting are beneficial. 269

Hatred as a cause of melancholy. 100

Hereditary diseases. 61

Melancholy of the head: causes, 175; symptoms, 198; cure, 392.

The heavens as penetrable, 252; infinitely swift, 253.

What hearing is. 22

Excessive heat as a cause of melancholy. 82

Health as a precious possession. 170

Where hell is. 246

Help from friends against melancholy. 294

White and black hellebore as purges for melancholy, 378; the properties and history of black hellebore, 379.

Haemorrhage as a cause of melancholy. 78

Suppressed haemorrhoidal bleeding as a cause of melancholy. 77

Herbs that cause melancholy, 68; cure it, 234; are suitable for most diseases, same page.

The characteristics of heretics, 657; their symptoms, 666.

Passionate love: its pedigree, power and extent, 433; definition and the part affected, 440; tyranny, same page.

Hippocrates’ jealousy. 600

Hypocrites described. 691

Worthy objects of love. 421

Hope as a cure for misery. 344

Hope and fear as the Devil’s principal devices for ensnaring the world. 651

Hope as a remedy for melancholy. 378

Hot countries as susceptible and prone to jealousy. 601

How and when horse-leeches are used for melancholy. 392,399

How often it is suitable to eat each day. 235

How to resist the passions. 287

How people fall in love. 468

What the humours are. 14

Hydrophobia described. 10

Hypochondriacal melancholy, 35; its internal and external causes, 180; symptoms, 199; cure, 408. Disorders of the hypochondria as causes, 175.

13325.The source prints Hippocrates in this entry as well as the preceding one. Page 691, however, concerns hypocrites: see Block 163, passages 04–17. The modern column corrects the repeated name to Hypocrites; the actual Hippocrates entry above remains unchanged.

13326.The 1651 Table prints Hope at 378; the inspected 1638 Table also reads Hope, at 374. The 1651 page 378 discusses antimony, tobacco and purging simples, without locating this claim about hope or hops. Hops remains an unproved conjecture. Hope and its printed number are retained.

13327.The hypochondria are the upper abdominal regions below the ribs. Hypochondriacal melancholy in Burton’s medical scheme is associated with disturbances there, and is not simply the modern fear of having an illness. The anomalous cure reference 408 is retained.

About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

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Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

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