Hippocratic temperment
Ted Samsel
tejas at infi.net
Wed Dec 4 09:18:49 CST 1996
>
> 8) What is "Hippocratic temperment"?
>
> Hmm, didn't he catagorize people by their humors, the bodily
> fluids which supposedly dominated their personalities? The two I
> remember are bileous and phlegmatic, but I think there are two more,
> corrosponding to blood and urine. Could be wrong...
Sanguine & choleric.....
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