Erōtomania or A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure of love, or erotique melancholy. Written by Iames Ferrand Dr. of Physick

Title

Erōtomania or A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure of love, or erotique melancholy. Written by Iames Ferrand Dr. of Physick

Author

Ferrand, Jacques, médecin.

Publication

Oxford :: Printed by L. Lichfield and are to be sold by Edward Forrest,

1640.

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Subject terms

Love -- Early works to 1800.

Melancholy -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• The Author to the Reader.
• To the Learned Authour on his Love-Melancholy.
• To the Authour upon his Love-Melancholy.
• To the Booke.
• To the Authour, on his Love-Melancholy.
• On the Authours Love-Melancholy.
• On Love-Melancholy.
• To the Author on his Love-Melancholy.
• On this Learned Treatise Love-Melancholy.
• A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS.
• Errata.
• A TREATISE Discoursing of the Essence, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and cure of Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. I. That it is needfull to teach the Cure of Love.
  • CHAP. II. The Symptomes of Love Melancholy.
  • CHAP. III. Of the name of Lovo, and Love. Melancholy.
  • CAP. IV. Of Melancholy, and its severall kinds.
  • CAP. V. The Definition of Love Melancholy.
  • CAP. VI. The Externall Causes of Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. VII. The Internall causes of Love Melancholy.
  • CAP. VIII. Of the manner how Love is Generated.
  • CAP. IX. Whether in Love-Melancholy, the Heart, be the seat of the Dis∣ease, or the Braine.
  • CHAP. X. Whether Love-Melancholy be an Hereditary Disease, or no.
  • CAP. XI. The Different kindes of Love-Melancholy,
  • CAP. XII. Whether that Disease in Women, called by Physitians, Furor Vterinus, be a Species of Love-Melan∣choly, or no.
  • CAP. XIII. Whether or no a Physitian may by his Art finde out Love, without confession of the Patient.
  • CHAP. XIV. Signes Diagnosticke of Love. Melancholy.
  • CAP. XV. The Cause of Palenesse in Lovers.
  • CAP. XVI. What manner of eyes Melancholy Lovers have.
  • CAP. XVII. Whether Teares be Symptomes of Love, or no.
  • CHAP. XVIII. The causes of Waking, and Sighes in Lovers.
  • CAP. XIX. During what age men and women are subject to this disease of Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. XX. The Signes whereby we may knowe those that are inclined to Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. XXI. Whether or no, by Astrology, a Man may know such as are inclined to Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. XXII. Whether, or no, by Physiognomy, and Chi∣romanyc, a man may know one to be Jnclined to Love.
  • CAP. XXIII. Whether or no, by Magick a Man may know any one to be in Love.
  • CAP. XXIV. Whether or no by Oniromancy, or the In∣terpretation of Dreames, one may knowe those that are in Love.
  • CAP. XXV. Whether or no, Iealousy be a Diagnosticke signe of Love-Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXVI. The Prognosticks of Love, and Erotique Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXVII. Of the Incubi, and Succubi.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. Whether the Love of Women be stronger, and more dangerous then that of Men.
  • CAP. XXIX. Of the Prevention of Love, and Erotique Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXX. Order of Diet, for the prevention of Love-Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXXI. Chirurgicall Remedies for the Prevention of Love, and Erotique Melancholy.
  • CHAP. XXXII. Medicinall Remedies for the Prevention of Love, or Erotique Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXXIII. The cure of Erotique Melancholy, and Love. Madnesse.
  • CAP. XXXIV. Remedies for the Cure of Love-Melan∣choly in Married persons.
  • CHAP. XXXV. Of Philters, and Poëticall Cures of Love.
  • CAP. XXXVI. Empericall Remedies for the Cure of Love, and Erotique Melancholy.
  • CAP. XXXVII. Methodicall Remedies, for the cure of Love, and Erotique Melancholy. And first of Order of Diet.
  • CAP. XXXVIII. Chirurgicall Remedies for Love-Melancholy.
  • CHAP. XXXIX. Pharmaceuticall Remedies for the cure of Love, or Erotique Melancholy.