Skip to content
masterofliterature

masterofliterature

PhD Dropout / Master sounds better than Doctor anyhow, right? / Comics / Illustrated Read-alongs / Currently The Anatomy of Melancholy

  • SHOP!
  • About
  • Contact
  • The Anatomy of Melancholy
    • Democritus Junior to the Reader
    • The First Partition
  • Pictures of Theories
  • Pictures of Poems
  • Lists
  • Comics
  • SHOP!
  • About
  • Contact

Tag: anatomy

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017devonisadevon

The A of M, 148: The four humours, pituita

Pituita, or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder part of the chylus (or white juice coming out of meat digested in the stomach), in the liver; his office is to nourish and moisten the members of the body which, as the tongue, are moved, that they be not over-dry. So […]

Continue Reading "The A of M, 148: The four humours, pituita"
May 24, 2017May 25, 2017devonisadevon

A of M, 147: The four humours, blood

  Yup, I am still stuck on page 147. There is a lot going on on page 147, really. I have terrible handwriting. I probably should not write on my drawings. Fixed it! Blood is a hot, sweet, temperate, red humour, prepared in the mesaraic veins, and made of the most temperate parts of the […]

Continue Reading "A of M, 147: The four humours, blood"
May 17, 2017May 18, 2017devonisadevon

A of M, 147: Division of the Body, Humours, Spirits

Of the parts of the body there may be many divisions: the most approved is that of Laurentius, out of Hippocrates: which is, into parts contained, or containing. Contained, are either humours or spirits. A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body, comprehended in it, for the preservation of it; and is […]

Continue Reading "A of M, 147: Division of the Body, Humours, Spirits"
SURPRISE
  • The Anatomy of Melancholy
    • Democritus Junior to the Reader
    • The First Partition
  • Pictures of Theories
  • Pictures of Poems
  • Lists
  • Comics
  • SHOP!
  • About
  • Contact

Social

  • View masterofliterature’s profile on Facebook
  • View devon_isadevon’s profile on Instagram

Category Cloud

Alan Turing Bats Brains Cats Christmas Comics Democritus Junior to the Reader Devils Dogs Dreams Eyes Fish Frogs Ghosts Humours It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Kids Lists literary studies Melancholy Pandemic Philosophy Pictures of Poems Pictures of Theories Snails Space The Anatomy of Melancholy The First Partition Wallpaper Zombies
 

Loading Comments...