As a psychiatric term ‘depression’ dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: ‘melancholy’ carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.
Introduction, Select Bibliography, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: or,
Th e Anatomy of Consumptions (1666), T omas Willis, Dr. Williss Receipts for
the Cure of all Distempers (1701), David Irish, Levamen Infirmi: or, Cordial
Counsel to the Sick and Diseased (1700), Sir John Midriff , Observations on
the Spleen and Vapours (1721), Anon., A Treatise of the Diseases of the Head,
Brain, and Nerves (1721), William Stukeley, Of the Spleen (1723), Sir Richard
Blackmore, A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours (1725), John Woodward, Select
Cases, and Consultations, in Physick (1757), Richard Browne, Medicina Musica
(1729), Edward Synge, Sober Thoughts for the Cure of Melancholy, especially
that which is Religious (1749), Anon., A Treatise on the Dismal Effects of
Low-Spiritedness (1750), Robert Whytt, Observations on the Nature, Causes,
and Cure of those Disorders which have been commonly called Nervous
Hypochondriac, or Hysteric (1765), William Smith, A Dissertation upon the
Nerves (1768), William Wishwell, A Cure for Melancholy (1777), John Leake,
Medical Instructions Towards the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases
Peculiar to Women (1781), Benjamin Fawcett, Observations on the Nature,
Causes and Cure of Melancholy (1780), Friedrich Hoffmann, A System of the
Practice of Medicine (1783), John Wesley, Thoughts on Nervous Disorders
(1784), vi Depression and Melancholy, 16601800: Volume 2 William Perfect,
Cases of Insanity, the Epilepsy, Hypochondriacal Affection, Hysteric Passion,
and Nervous Disorders (1785), William Rowley, A Treatise on Female, Nervous,
Hysterical, Hypochondriacal, Bilious, Convulsive Diseases (1788), Glossary,
Editorial Notes
Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell, Michelle Faubert
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