A general guide for practising physicians in the examination of the sick : with an appendix of medical formulae / by J.F. Daniel Lobstein.

  • Lobstein, J. F. Daniel (Johann Friedrich Daniel), 1777-1840.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A general guide for practising physicians in the examination of the sick : with an appendix of medical formulae / by J.F. Daniel Lobstein. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    els. He cannot bear some- particular sounds, colours, fruits, animals, smells, without feeling- much uneasiness. The melancholist has a lead-coloured complex- ion, a sad look, generally small, deep eyes, sur- rounded with black hair; mostly rough and curled hair, small arteries, a weak and slow pulse, but swelled and blue veins; he has little, but black bile, hard stools, is middling irritable, but impressions made on him will last a great length of time; he shows in all his actions a particular firmness and steadiness, and at the same time a slowness in his motions, which, however, combines great force and strength. The Baeotical is fleshy, plethoric, has stron°- muscles, little irritable, small dull nerves, little refined sentiment of pain and pleasure; his pulse sometimes beats hard; he is slow in his actions, but works hard and steady; he is mostly vulgar in his enterprises. The Phlegmatic is lazy, timid or fearful; has generally a soft, white skin, fine hair, particu- larly little beard, eyes of slow motion and very