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. 2018 Sep;20(3):155–160. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2018.20.3/macrocq

TABLE I. Mental disorders in Boissier de Sauvages' Methodical Nosology (1763).

Class VIII. VESANIAE (Insanities)
Order I. HALLUCINATIONS Caused by disturbances of organs outside the brain, with the result that imagination is misled
Vertigo Outside objects are seen as twirling
Suffusio Seeing objects that do not exist
Diplopia One object is seen as double or multiple
Syrigmus Hearing a noise in the ear, even though there is no noise outside
Hypochondriasis The postulated mechanism is that patients are hallucinating about their health
Somnambulism Also conceptualized as a hallucination
Order II. MOROSITATES "Bizarreries." Perverted desires or aversions
Pica Aversion to usual food, and appetite for non-nutrient substances
Bulimia Eating more than one can digest
Polydypsia Drinking more than necessary
Antipathia Aversion to particular objects
Nostalgia Illness caused by a violent desire to see one's relatives or home country
Panophobia Groundless fear
Satyriasis Excessive sexual desire in the male, with priapism
Nymphomania Uncontrollable sexual desire, in a woman
Tarantism Extreme impulse to dance
Hydrophobia Excessive aversion to water, most often because of being bitten by a rabid animal
Order III. DELIRIA (Delusions) Caused by an abnormality of the brain
Paraphrosine Temporary delusional state caused by a substance or a medical illness
Paraphrosine Temporary delusional state caused by a substance or a medical illness
Amentia "Universal" delusional state without furor (i.e. without mania)
Melancholia "Partial" and nonaggressive delusional state with sadness and chronicity
Mania "Universal" delusional state
Daemonomania Melancholia attributed to the devil
Order IV. ANOMALAE VESANIAE (Anomalous Insanities)
Amnesia Total loss of memory
Agrypnia Insomnia