The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . hat his presence made upon the Marquis of Chas-tellet, is given in the following words: I wish only to expressthe impression General Washington has left on my mind; theidea of a perfect whole, brave without temerity, laborious with-out ambition, generous without prodigality, noble without pride,virtuous without severity. Gen. Scott, Lord Cornwallis, , Bishop Soule, John Bright, M. P., Jenny Lind Gold- Ilg. 85. smidt and Dr. Gall, are goodrepresentatives of this tem-perament. Fig. 85 is an ex-cellent
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . hat his presence made upon the Marquis of Chas-tellet, is given in the following words: I wish only to expressthe impression General Washington has left on my mind; theidea of a perfect whole, brave without temerity, laborious with-out ambition, generous without prodigality, noble without pride,virtuous without severity. Gen. Scott, Lord Cornwallis, , Bishop Soule, John Bright, M. P., Jenny Lind Gold- Ilg. 85. smidt and Dr. Gall, are goodrepresentatives of this tem-perament. Fig. 85 is an ex-cellent illustration of it, finelyblended and well balanced inthe person of Madame de temperament requires lesstonics and stimulants than thelym|ih:itic, and the mercurialprtjKirations are contra-indi-cated in both. This constitu-tion is best able to refitore vitallosses, and has borne remark-ably well, tiie sanguinary prac-tice of blood-letting, which wasformerly so pojmlar with thenudical profession. It is a vitaltemperament, i. e., combines favorably with all the otheis, and. 164 COMMON SBNSE MEDICAL ADVISER. better adapts itself to their various conditioETS. Some regard itas the best adjusted one in all its organs and tissues, and as themost ^satisfactory and serviceable. 209. Excess of nutrition — rich blood — tends to plethora, toanimal indulgence and gross sensuality. Not only do the pro-pensities rouse desire, but excite the basilar faculties, and theyportray their wants in the outlines of the face, mould the featuresto their expression, and flash their significance from the eye. Whoneed mistake the picture of sensuality represented by Fig. 86. T^. „„ It is enough to shock the sensi- Fiq. 86. ... .-,,., bility or a dumb animal, and to say that such a face has a beast-ly look, is an unkind reflectionupon the brute creation. Alarge neck and correspondingdevelopment of the occipitalhalf of the brain indicate ner-vous energy, yet nutiition is notabsolutely depend
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