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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“one supposeth himself to be a dog, cock, bear, horse, glass, butter, &c”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 1, Sect. 3, Memb. 1, Subs. 2 (Symptoms or Signs in the Mind) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
Burton lists the fixed delusions reported of melancholics, including the famous glass delusion.
Citation: "one supposeth himself to be a dog, cock, bear, horse, glass, butter, &c" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 1, Sect. 3, Memb. 1, Subs. 2 (Symptoms or Signs in the Mind) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q9)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
