The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 1 (of 3) : $b translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgeryPaulus, Aegineta
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The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 1 (of 3) : $b translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery
Paulus, Aegineta
Medicine; Medicine, Arab; Medicine, Greek and Roman
The marks of a hot liver are, largeness of the veins, redundance of
yellow bile, and, in manhood, of black; the blood hotter than natural,
and by means of it the whole body, unless the parts about the heart
antagonise; and thick hairs upon the hypochondriac regions, and over
the stomach. Those of a cold are, smallness of the veins, much phlegm,
cold blood; the whole habit of the body colder than common, unless
warmed by the heart; no hair on the hypochondriac regions, nor over
the stomach. Those of a dry are, thick and scanty blood, and the veins
and the habit of the whole body drier. Those of a humid are, the blood
abundant and liquid, the veins softer, as also the whole body, unless
the heart antagonise. The marks of a temperament at once hot and dry
are, the hairs very thick on the hypochondrium, the blood at the same
time thicker and more scanty, a redundance of bitter bile, and in
manhood, of black, largeness and hardness of the veins, and the whole
body hot and dry. The heat proceeding from the heart may indeed overcome
the coldness proceeding from the liver, in like manner as the coldness
may the heat; but it is not possible for the dryness to be changed to
the contrary state by the humidity of the heart. It is obvious that,
when the temperaments of those two prime organs combine together, the
whole body is affected accordingly. The humid and hot liver, less than
the hot and dry, renders the hypochondrium shaggy; but the blood is
abundant, the veins large, and the whole habit humid and hot, unless
the heart antagonise. But, should it be preternaturally changed as to
both these qualities, persons so affected will be readily seized with
putrid diseases and disorders from bad humours; and more particularly if
the humidity be much increased, and the heat but little, they will be
liable to cacochymies. In the humid and cold, the hypochondrium is free
from hairs, but the blood is pituitous, the veins contracted, and the
whole body in like manner, unless changed by the heart to the opposite
state. The cold and dry renders the blood scanty, the veins of the body
contracted, and the body colder; and the hypochondrium is without hair,
unless the heart overcome this state.
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