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5:00 AM PT - Jan 31st, 2012

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Cheyne (George) The English Malady: or, a Treatise

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Cheyne (George) The English Malady: or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds,
3 parts in 1, second edition, contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked, spine gilt, corners bumped, a little rubbed, [G&M 4840; Norman 471], 8vo, London and Bath, for G. Strahan and J. Leake, 1734.

***'...refers to depression, the causes of which Cheyne lists as moist air, the variable English climate, too much meat and alcohol, sedentary habits and overcrowding.' Norman Catalogue..


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