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Black bile is considered cold and dry. It is related to the element earth, and the season of Autumn. |
Black bile, one of the [[Four humours]] is considered cold and dry. It is related to the element earth, and the season of Autumn. |
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A person whose constitution tended to have a preponderance of black bile had a melancholic disposition, vulnerable to despondency, sleeplessness, and irritability. |
A person whose constitution tended to have a preponderance of black bile had a melancholic disposition, vulnerable to despondency, sleeplessness, and irritability. |
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 25 August 2008
Black bile, one of the Four humours is considered cold and dry. It is related to the element earth, and the season of Autumn.
A person whose constitution tended to have a preponderance of black bile had a melancholic disposition, vulnerable to despondency, sleeplessness, and irritability.
Melancholy was a fashionable condition of the Renaissance, particularly in Elizabethan England.
