Dr. Gregory's conspectus medicinae theoreticae : embracing pathology and physiology / with the original text, an ordo verborum, and literal translation. By John Steggall.

  • James Gregory
Date:
1855
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Credit: Dr. Gregory's conspectus medicinae theoreticae : embracing pathology and physiology / with the original text, an ordo verborum, and literal translation. By John Steggall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    'jusdem setatis, et regiouis, eodem ^ibo et vitse genere utentes, ut alii iliis plectantur morbis, et quod iliis prosit, aliis valde noceat, leque saue eadem remedia, aut liseta, aut vitae genus, omnibus oonveniant. Res igitur baud levis momenti erituniuscujusque aegroti eonstitutionem corporis penitus lovisse. 920. Hujusmodi vero notitiam jola experientia docet: quaedam .'ero differentiae, quales frequentius jccurrunt, ab antiquissimis etiam emporibus observatae sunt, et cer- ;is nominibiis insignitae. Hae ^arietates tempei’amenta dicuntur (tanquam a mixtura, et quasi tem- leratione, variorum quae in hu- nano corpore insunt elementorum, jriginem ducerent) ; eorumque ]uatuor primaria temperamenta /ulgo numerantur; sanguineum, scilicet, melancliolicum, choleri- ^um, et pblegmaticum. De ra- homines ejusdem cBtatis et regionis, utentes eodem cibo et genere vita, ut alii plec- tantur aliis morbis, et quod prosit aliis,valde noceat aliis, neque sane eadem remedia, aut diata, aut genus vita conveniant omnibus. Igitur erit res baud levis momenti novisse penitus constitutio- nem corporis uniuscujusque agroti. 920. Fero experientia sola docet notitiam hujusmodi; quadam differentia vero, qualesfrequentiusoccurrunt, observnta sunt etiam ab an- tiquissimis temporibns, et in- signita certis nominibus. Ha varietates dicuntur tempera- menta {tanquam ducerent originem a mixtura et quasi temperatione variorum ele- mentorum qua insunt in humano corpore) ; que qua- tuor eorum vulgo numeran- tur primaria temperamenta; scilicet sanguineum, me- lancholicum, cholericum et pblegmaticum. Parum con- iarae food and kind of life, that some are attacked by other diseases, ind what benefits some, greatly hurts others, nor truly do the same remedies, or diet, or kind of life agree with all. Therefore it will be i thing of no small moment to know thoroughly the constitution of die body of each individual patient. 920. But experience alone teaches a knowledge of this sort; certain differences truly, such as more frequently occur, have been observed even from the most ancient periods, and designated by certain names, riiese varieties are called temperaments (as if they drew their origin Tom the mixture and as it were tempering of the various elements ivhich exist in the human body); and four of them commonly are •eckoned primary temperaments; that is, the sanguineous, the melan- ■diolic, the choleric, and the phlegmatic. Little is collected con- jernipg the reason of the names ; nor does it much signify what word