Book | Chapter
Melancholy, Spleen, Hypochondria
Mental diseases in Europe and England from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
pp. 95-116
Abstract
According to the London physician Nicholas Robinson in his New System of the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy (1729), "[t]he World … has been a long Time at a Loss to know what to make of those Disorders we call the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy; nor have they been less puzzled to discover, under what Class of Diseases they might most properly range them."
Publication details
Published in:
Bellebaum Alfred, Hettlage Robert (2012) Missvergnügen: zur kulturellen Bedeutung von Betrübnis, Verdruss und Schlechter laune. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 95-116
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-93325-2_5
Full citation:
Gowland Angus (2012) „Melancholy, Spleen, Hypochondria: Mental diseases in Europe and England from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century“, In: A. Bellebaum & R. Hettlage (Hrsg.), Missvergnügen, Dordrecht, Springer, 95–116.