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The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
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Continual fear, sorrow, suspicion, discontent, superfluous cares,
solicitude, anxiety, perpetual cogitation of such toys they are
possessed with, thoughts like dreams, &c.

Hypochondriacal, or windy melancholy. _Subs. 2._

In body
Wind, rumbling in the guts, bellyache, heat in the bowels,
convulsions, crudities, short wind, sour and sharp belchings,
cold sweat, pain in the left side, suffocation, palpitation,
heaviness of the heart, singing in the ears, much spittle, and
moist, &c.

Or In mind.
Fearful, sad, suspicious, discontent, anxiety, &c. Lascivious by
reason of much wind, troublesome dreams, affected by fits, &c.

Over all the body. _Subs. 3._

In body
Black, most part lean, broad veins, gross, thick blood, their
hemorrhoids commonly stopped, &c.

Or In mind.
Fearful, sad, solitary, hate light, averse from company, fearful
dreams, &c.

Symptoms of nuns, maids, and widows melancholy, in body and mind, &c.
[_Subs. 4_]

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