The introduction contains a Latin poem dedicated to the book from Democritus Junior, the pseudonym under which it was published.
The index, itself famous, of this book includes the entry "Cabbage brings heaviness to the soul," an example of how broadly the author interprets his remit in analyzing the title disposition. The love and religious varieties of that disposition are addressed in the third partition, where the author, a clergyman and bachelor, characteristically runs through a variety of kisses with a thicket of Latin quotations before breaking off with "What have I to do with this?" The second partition offers potential medical cures, ranging from change of diet to bloodletting - and as for the author, he admits that he wrote the book to remain busy and avoid it. Boswell wrote that this work brought Johnson to rise two hours early, while Keats proclaimed it his favorite book. The introduction contains a Latin poem dedicated to the book from Democritus Junior, the pseudonym under which it was published. For 10 points, name this Jacobean medical treatise, an analysis of depression by Robert Burton.
The index, itself famous, of this book includes the entry "Cabbage brings heaviness to the soul," an example of how broadly the author interprets his remit in analyzing the title disposition.
The Anatomy of Melancholy