GRGR(6) Discussion Opener

Josiah Slack jslack at spyglass.com
Tue Dec 3 15:57:43 CST 1996


>8) What is "Hippocratic temperament"?
>
Isn't this the division of people (and, apparently, dogs) into sanguine,
phlegmatic, melancholic and choleric personalities?  These types were
associated with the 4 humours of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.

-js
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Josiah Slack
Spyglass,  Inc. -- Cambridge Research Center
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