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Medicine.- Cheyne (George) The English Malady: or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds; as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, &c., first edition, woodcut ornaments and initials, 6pp. advertisements at end, browned, handsomely bound in modern sprinkled calf in antique style, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, [Wellcome II p.339], 8vo, G.Strahan, 1733. ⁂ Cheyne attributes hypochondria ("Cheyne's disease") to the variable and damp British climate, and proposes exercise and a healthy diet for the treatment of depression.