Melancholia is the beginning and a part of mania. The development of a mania is really a worsening of the disease (melancholia) rather than a change into another disease.
Aretaeus of CappadociaThis is a mighty wonder: in the discharge from the lungs alone, which is not particularly dangerous, the patients do not despair of themselves, even although near the last. Concerning Tuberculosis.
Aretaeus of CappadociaLethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom.
Aretaeus of CappadociaA period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium.
Aretaeus of Cappadocia