His temper and his world-view were indicative of hypochondria: he perceived only the hostile, never the friendly, aspects of events, people, and phenomena.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
Bad humor, spleen, hypochondria?
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
A passive hypochondria, born of their isolation, was the last ludicrously pathetic touch to their situation.
"On the Frontier"
Bret Harte