“In 1763, at the age of 23, James Boswell suffered his first bout of hypochondria while studying in Holland. Arriving in Utrecht, he suddenly found himself plunged into worry, lassitude and depression. Boswell followed medical convention in attributing his anxious torpor to a rich diet and lack of exercise . . .” [The Times (London), Tuesday 9 September 2009]

 

So, Peter (van der Krogt) [moderator of ‘MapHist’], you can relieve the symptoms of the recent ‘spamitis’ on ‘MapHist’ with a little of Boswell’s Scottish native medicinal cure: indulge, like many of our Scottish subscribers, in some Hogmanay celebration - don your Delftware kilt, exercise yourself with a lively reel or two, and drink an Xtra strong diet Coke . .

 

Francis (who cannot afford a “rich diet”)