Punch,  28 (1855), 160.

A Melancholy Laugh

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease, Crime, Taxonomy, Expertise, Medical Practitioners, Charlatanry

People mentioned:

William Cullen


    Responding to news that a medical witness (Dr Baller) failed to distinguish between melancholia and melancholy, suggests a proper scientific definition of melancholia, as distinguished from melancholy.



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