Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 762

GEORGE CHEYNE (1671-1743) The English malady; or, A treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds. Printed for G. Strahan and J. Leake 1733 [6] xxxii, 370 pp. 19.4 cm.

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By "the English malady," Cheyne meant hypochondria or what was later known as neurasthenia. In this quite fascinating book, Cheyne describes his own case, supposed to be due to the vagaries of the English weather. He estimated that a third of all his patients were neurotic.

Cited references: Cushing C210; Garrison-Morton 4840; Osler 2304; Waller 1950; Wellcome II, p. 339