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Erōtomania, or, A treatise discoursing of the essence. Jacques Ferrand 1640

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  • Publisher: L. Litchfield
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year Printed: 1640
  • Topic: Science & Pyschology
  • Author: Jacques Ferrand

    Description

    Erōtomania, or, A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks and cure of love... 1640. James (Jaques) Ferrand. First
    English
    edition.
    Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
    Many pages have been trimmed for repair. Pages 63-66 reproduced (copies on old paper). See pics
    Jacques Ferrand
    was a French
    physician
    born around 1575 in
    Agen
    ,
    France
    . He is famous for his treatise on
    melancholia
    ,
    Traicte de l'essence
    et guerison de l'amour ou de la melancholie erotique
    (1610), an early psychological work on melancholia or love sickness. This book is the first English translation.  It was for this work he was put on trial for by the
    Inquisition
    . He identifies symptoms and recommends treatments including diet and bloodletting The treatise on erotic melancholia may have been read by the French writer,
    Eugène Sue
    , whose character "Jacques Ferrand" ["Mysteries of Paris"], actually dies from an unrequited passion. Sue's father had been a distinguished doctor, and Sue himself was engaged in the medical profession when he was a young man.