The Anatomy of Melancholy: Philosophy Classic. Robert Burton

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СКАЧАТЬ Chorus sancti Viti. Hydrophobia. Possession or obsession of Devils. Melancholy. See [Symbol: Aries].

      [Symbol: Aries] Melancholy: in which consider

      Its Equivocations, in Disposition, Improper, &c. Subsect. 5.

      Memb. 2. To its explication, a digression of anatomy, in which observe parts of Subs. 1. Body hath parts Subs. 2. contained as Humours, 4. Blood, Phlegm, &c. Spirits; vital, natural, animal.

      or containing

       Similar; spermatical, or flesh, bones, nerves, &c. Subs. 3. Dissimilar; brain, heart, liver, &c. Subs. 4.

      Soul and its faculties, as

       Vegetal. Subs. 5. Sensible. Subs. 6, 7, 8. Rational. Subsect. 9, 10, 11.

      Memb. 3. Its definition, name, difference, Subs. 1. The part and parties affected, affection, &c. Subs. 2. The matter of melancholy, natural, &c. Subs. 3. Species, or kinds [Subs. 4.], which are Proper to parts, as Of the head alone, hypochondriacal, or windy melancholy. Of the whole body. with their several causes, symptoms, prognostics, cures

      Or Indefinite; as Love-melancholy, the subject of the third

       Partition.

      Its Causes in general. Sect. 2. A. Its Symptoms or signs. Sect. 3. B. Its Prognostics or indications. Sect. 4. C. Its Cures; the subject of the second Partition.

      A. Sect. 2. Causes of Melancholy are either

      General, as Memb. 1.

      Supernatural

       As from God immediately, or by second causes. Subs. 1.

      Or from the devil immediately, with a digression of the nature of

       spirits and devils. Subs. 2.

      Or mediately, by magicians, witches. Subs. 3.

      Or Natural

      Primary, as stars, proved by aphorisms, signs from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy. Subs. 4.

      Or Secondary, as

      Congenite, inward from

       Old age, temperament, Subs. 5. Parents, it being an hereditary disease, Subs. 6.

      Or Outward or adventitious, which are

       Evident, outward, remote, adventitious, as,

       Necessary, see [Symbol: Taurus].

      Not necessary, as M. 4. S. 2. Nurses, Subs. 1. Education, Subs. 2. Terrors, affrights, Subs. 3. Scoffs, calumnies, bitter jests, Subs. 4. Loss of liberty, servitude, imprisonment, Subs. 5. Poverty and want, _Subs. 6. A heap of other accidents, death of friends, loss, &c. Subs. 7.

      Or Contingent, inward, antecedent, nearest. Memb. 5. Sect. 2.

      In which the body works on the mind, and this malady

       is caused by precedent diseases; as agues, pox,

       &c., or temperature, innate Subs. 1.

      Or by particular parts distempered, as brain, heart,

       spleen, liver, mesentery, pylorus, stomach &c.

       Subs. 2.

      Particular to the three species. See [Symbol: Gemini].

      [Symbol: Gemini] Particular causes. Sect. 2. Memb. 5.

      Of head Melancholy are Subs. 3.

      Inward

       Innate humour, or from temperature adjust.

       A hot brain, corrupted blood in the brain

       Excess of venery, or defect

       Agues, or some precedent disease

       Fumes arising from the stomach, &c.

      Or Outward

       Heat of the sun, immoderate

       A blow on the head

       Overmuch use of hot wines, spices, garlic, onions, hot baths,

       overmuch waking, &c.

       Idleness, solitariness, or overmuch study, vehement labour, &c.

       Passions, perturbations, &c.

      Of hypochondriacal or windy melancholy are, [Subs. 4.]

      Inward

       Default of spleen, belly, bowels, stomach, mesentery, miseraic

       veins, liver, &c.

       Months or hemorrhoids stopped, or any other ordinary evacuation

      or Outward

       Those six non-natural things abused.

      Over all the body are, Subs. 5.

      Inward

       Liver distempered, stopped, over-hot, apt to engender melancholy,

       temperature innate.

      or Outward

       Bad diet, suppression of hemorrhoids &c. and such evacuations,

       passions, cares, &c. those six non-natural things abused.

      [Symbol: Taurus] Necessary causes, as those six non-natural things, which are, Sect. 2 Memb. 2.

      Diet offending in Subs. 1.

      Substance

       Bread; course and black, &c.

       Drink; thick, thin, sour, &c.

       Water unclean, milk, oil, vinegar, wine, spices &c.

       Flesh

       Parts: heads, feet, entrails, fat, bacon, blood, &c.

       Kinds:

       Beef, pork, venison, hares, goats, pigeons, peacocks,

       fen-fowl, &c.

       Herbs, Fish, &c.

       Of fish; all shellfish, hard and slimy fish, &c.

       Of herbs; pulse, cabbage, melons, garlic, onions, &c.

       All roots, raw fruits, hard and windy meats

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