Dr. Hooper's Physician's vademecum, or, A manual of the principles and practice of physic / [Robert Hooper].

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1842
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    the skin soft and thin. The blood-vessels are large, the circulation active, aud the pulse full and frequent. The body is active, the countenance animated, the passions excitable, the mind volatile and unsteady. 2. The phlegmatic temperament is distinguished by a round form of body, softness of the muscles, and repletion of the cellular tissue. The hair is fair, the eyes light blue or gray, and the skin pale. The blood-vessels are small, the circulation languid, and the pulse infrequent. All the functions bodily and mental are toipid. 3. The bilious temperament is recognised by moderate fulness and much firmness of flesh, with harshly expressed outlines of the person. The hair is black, the eyes and the complexion dark. 1 he pulse is full, firm, and of moderate frequency. '1'here is much energy bodily and mental, the features of the person strongly marked and decided. b J 4. The nervous temperament is distinguished by a small spare form slender muscles, quick movements, pallor of countenance, and delicate health. The pulse is frequent and quick, and easily excited by mental emotions or nervous impressions. The whole nervous system, including the brain, is active, the senses are acute the thoughts quick, and the imagination lively. & melancholic temperament is sometimes spoken of. It is nearly allied to the bilious, and is marked by peculiar calmness and seri- flenevt °f- iT’ a ^ tenacity of impressions, and a ten- dency to indulge in gloomy thoughts. Pure specimens of these temperaments are rarely met with domLatrr8 y S° C°m that ^ iS difficult t0 sa^ which Pre~ ®‘lch °f these temperaments is liable to a different class of dis- eases. I he sanguine to acute inflammation, and active h-emnr rhages ; the phlegmatic to congestions, and subacute inflammation ar nnd tubercular diseases; the bilious and nervous to’ m.mjci, Iij pochondriasis, and melancholia. Disease.—'To define disease we must first have defined health for the one is but the negation of the other. In like manner th description and right understanding of disease depends m,? !! description and right understanding of health Without attem^ ing a formal definition of disease, it will be sufficient tr> .aJtcrJ1Pt“ disease is present when any structure of the h a ° Sta,te’ t ,at (provided that change be not thcthreeandin external injury,) or when any functioTS effher Z t ^ ^ °f or torpid, or altered in characterAs^ structure is changed unless we know wW 7 t lat an>' health, no? ]hatganyUfunctioVn UdTso^erU^ffw'rnrltf knowledge of the natural condition of that funeion V ■ pr,ev!ous that an accurate acquaintance with i ’ 118 obvlous l?f. <■»‘nwpebr°- the healthy .tructu,. of the body by diJetion “S\e»S,ton-