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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“Waking, by reason of their continual cares, fears, sorrows, dry brains, is a symptom that much crucifies melancholy men, and must therefore be speedily helped, and sleep by all means procured”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 2, Sect. 5, Memb. 1, Subs. 6 (Correctors of Accidents to procure Sleep) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
Burton introduces remedies for insomnia, including poppy, mandrake, henbane and opiates.
Citation: "Waking, by reason of their continual cares, fears, sorrows, dry brains, is a symptom that much crucifies melancholy men, and must therefore be speedily helped, and sleep by all means procured" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 2, Sect. 5, Memb. 1, Subs. 6 (Correctors of Accidents to procure Sleep) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q13)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
