Foucault — “Hermann Boerhaave still defined melancholia as merely ‘a…”

Source: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason — Michel Foucault

Book page: foucault-madness-civilization

From: Madness and Civilization — Quotes

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Hermann Boerhaave still defined melancholia as merely “a long persistent delirium without fever, during which the sufferer is obsessed by only one thought.