‘An Iliad of evils in the head’

Abstract

Chapter 8, ‘An Iliad of evils in the head: Affectionum quædicuntur hystericæ et hypochondriacæ (1670–1678)’, provides a detailed bibliography, using the system described in chapter 4, of four copies of Willis’s fourth published book in which are included three treatises: 8. Affectionum quæ dicuntur hystericæ et hypochondriacæ; 9. De sanguinis accensione; and 10. De motu musculari. Uniquely among Willis’s writings, the first of these two treatises has not been translated into English. These descriptions are preceded by a narrative highlighting the main bibliographic issues that characterize the various editions, states, and issues of these copies. Of these, some are already known but others newly identified. {87 words}