Mercurialis

Better known by his Latin name Mercurialis, famous philologist and physician, b. at Forli, 30 September, 1530; d. there, 13 November,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Other things are much magnified [4139] by writers, as an old cock, a ram's head, a wolf's heart borne or eaten, which Mercurialis approves; Prosper Altinus the water of Nilus; Gomesius all seawater, and at seasonable times to be seasick: goat's milk, whey,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mercurialis, new and old physicians, hold that such air is unwholesome, and engenders melancholy, plagues, and what not?

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mercurialis admires the emerald for its virtues in pacifying all affections of the mind; others the sapphire, which is the

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

So that which Mercurialis, consil. 11, sometimes expostulated with his melancholy patient, may be justly applied to every solitary and idle person in particular.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mercurialis, consil. 20, had a woman to his patient, that from melancholy became epileptic and blind.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mercurialis another, and another that was often minded to despatch himself, and so continued for many years.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mercurialis, Montaltus, &c. [1506] Fernelius saith, A thick air thickeneth the blood and humours.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

A hot liver, and a cold stomach, are put for usual causes of melancholy: Mercurialis consil.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Physic (as Hippocrates defines it) is nought else but [2882] addition and subtraction; and as it is required in all other diseases, so in this of melancholy it ought to be most accurate, it being (as [2883] Mercurialis acknowledgeth) so common an affection in these our times, and therefore fit to be understood.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007