Diseases] Crucify The Soul Of Man, Attenuate Our Bodies, Dry Them, Wither Them, Shrivel Them Up Like Old Apples, Make Them So Many Anatomies.

Diseases] Crucify The Soul Of Man, Attenuate Our Bodies, Dry Them, Wither Them, Shrivel Them Up Like Old Apples, Make Them So Many Anatomies.

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[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them,
wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 10

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