Galen's art of physick ... translated into English, and largely commented on : together with convenient medicines for all particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their conditions, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ...

Description.

SUch People in whom coldness with moisture a∣bounds are called Flegmatick, yet are usually not very tall, but very fat; some you shall find almost as thick as they are long, their Veins and Arteries are small, their Bodies without Hair, and they have but ••••ttle Beards, their hair is usually flaxen or light brown, their face white and pale, their Skin smooth, cold and moist in touching; both Appetite and Digestion is ve∣ry weak in them, their Pulse little and low, their U∣rine pale and thick, but the excrements of their bowels usually thin, they dream of great rains, water, and drowning.