#but considering i want there to be more pentiment fic and there are several major characters with significant medical knowledge

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Speaking of which, on the off chance that there are any other people writing Pentiment fic that could use some help researching early modern medicine, including melancholia and perceptions of mental health, please do hit me up. History of science is a part of my degree and a special interest of mine and I have been doing a lot of reading on the topic even outside of my current primary source research in my university's historical medical library (where we have a number of 16th century German medical texts).

I think I'm going to put together a general source list of more accessible readings and digitized primary sources available online if I have the time, but especially if you're interested in information from one of the books in the library -- or if you have a very specific question -- send me and ask or a message and I'll see if I can help!