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.
- Robinson, Nicholas, 1697?-1775.
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- M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]
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London : Printed [by Samuel Aris] for A. Bettesworth, W. Innys, and C. Rivington, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]
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xvi,408p. ; 80.
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ESTC T54640
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