A new system of the spleen, vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy: wherein all the decays of the nerves, and lownesses of the spirits, are mechanically accounted for. To which is subjoin'd, A discourse upon the Nature, Cause, and Cure, of Melancholy, Madness, and Lunacy. With a particular dissertation on the Origine of the Passions; the Structure, Mechanism, and Modulation of the Nerves, necessary to produce Sensation in Animal Bodies. To which is prefix'd, A philosophical essay concerning the Principles of Thought, Sensation, and Reflection; and the Manner how those noble Endowments are disconcerted under the foregoing Diseases. By Nicholas Robinson, M.D. and of the College of Physicians, London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Nicholas, 1697?-1775.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illness anxiety disorder--Early works to 1800.

Illness anxiety disorder.

Mental illness--Early works to 1800.

Mental illness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi,408p. )

Other Title:

New system of the spleen,

Place of Publication:

London : Printed [by Samuel Aris] for A. Bettesworth, W. Innys, and C. Rivington, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.- Printed by Aris on the evidence of two signed ornaments.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T54640.

OCLC:

642629163