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moist, frothy, which came from the head, were
abundant. But by far the worst symptom that
attended both these cases and the others was the
distaste for food, as has been mentioned. They had
no relish either for drink with nourishment, but they
remained entirely without thirst. Heaviness in the
body. Coma. In most of them there was swelling,
which developed into dropsy. Shivering fits and
delirium near death.
PART 14
XIV. The physical characteristics of the consumptives
were :--skin smooth, whitish, lentil-coloured,
reddish ; bright eyes ; It seems impossible to decide whether the
adjective
χαροπός refers here to the brightness of the eyes or to their
colour (blue or grey). | a leucophlegmaticSee General
Introduction, p. xlvi-li, on the humours.
"Bitter bile" was the same as that sometimes called
"yellow." | condition ;
shoulder-blades projecting like wings. Women
too so.This brief phrase seems to mean that the same
characteristics
marked consumptive women as consumptive men. | As to those with a
melancholicSee General Introduction, p. xlvi-li, on the humours.
"Bitter bile" was the same as that sometimes called
"yellow." | or a rather
sanguineSee General Introduction, p. xlvi-li, on the humours.
"Bitter bile" was the same as that sometimes called
"yellow." | complexion, they were attacked by ardent
fevers, phrenitis and dysenteric troubles. Tenesmus
affected young, phlegmaticSee General Introduction, p. xlvi-li, on
the humours.
"Bitter bile" was the same as that sometimes called
"yellow." | people ; the chronic
diarrhoea and acrid, greasy stools affected persons
of a biliousSee General Introduction, p. xlvi-li, on the humours.
"Bitter bile" was the same as that sometimes called
"yellow." | temperament.
PART 15
XV. In all the cases described spring was the
worst enemy, and caused the most deaths ; summer
was the most favourable season, in which fewest
died. In autumn and during the season of the
Pleiades, on the other hand, there were again
deaths, usually on the fourth day. And it seems
to me natural that the coming on of summer should
have been helpful. For the coming on of winter
resolves the diseases of summer, and the coming on
of summer removes those of winter. And yet in
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