Laudator Temporis Acti

Richard Stoneman, Land of Lost Gods (London: Hutchinson, 1987), p. 53:

The antiquary's cabinet became a microcosm of nature. Some classical scholars in the true sense shared this magpie frenzy, like Isaac Casaubon who thought to know the ancient world whole, devoted his life to the acquisition of knowledge from books, and died of a stoppage because he would not take the time off to visit the lavatory.

Mark Pattison, Isaac Casaubon, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892), p. 417:

After death was discovered, what no diagnosis could have detected, a monstrous malformation of the vesica. The bladder itself was of natural size and healthy. But an opening in its left side admitted into a second, or supplementary bladder. This sack was at least six times as large as the natural bladder, and was full of mucous calculous matter. The malformation was congenital, but had been aggravated by sedentary habits, and inattention to the calls of nature, while the mind of the student was absorbed in study and meditation.