| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2131 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| QUOTATION: | [Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 10. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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