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A treatise on lovesickness

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 1 January 1990
Jacques Ferrand, Donald Beecher, Massimo Ciavolella
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Abstract

Originally published in Paris in French in 1610, Ferrand's treatise is an example of erotomania in the late Renaissance. It may serve as a useful reference work for Renaissance scholars and also for medievalists interested in a variety of topics such as love, lovesickness and medicine.

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