they are young, come off better than those who have dry; but in old
age they come off worse, for the bowels in aged persons are usually
Largeness of person in youth is noble and not unbecoming; but
in old age it is inconvenient, and worse than a smaller structure.
The changes of the season mostly engender diseases, and in the
seasons great changes either of heat or of cold, and the rest agreeably
to the same rule.
Of natures (temperaments?), some are well- or ill-adapted for summer,
and some for winter.
Of diseases and ages, certain of them are well- or ill-adapted
to different seasons, places, and kinds of diet.
In the seasons, when during the same day there is at one time heat
and at another time cold, the diseases of autumn may be expected.
South winds induce dullness of hearing, dimness of visions, heaviness
of the head, torpor, and languor; when these prevail, such symptoms
occur in diseases. But if the north wind prevail, coughs, affections
of the throat, hardness of the bowels, dysuria attended with rigors,
and pains of the sides and breast occur. When this wind prevails,
all such symptoms may be expected in diseases.
When summer is like spring, much sweating may be expected in fevers.
Acute diseases occur in droughts; and if the summer be particularly
such, according to the constitution which it has given to the year,
for the most part such diseases maybe expected.
In seasons which are regular, and furnish the productions of the
season at the seasonable time, the diseases are regular, and come
readily to a crisis; but in inconstant seasons, the diseases are irregular,
and come to a crisis with difficulty.
In autumn, diseases are most acute, and most mortal, on the whole.
The spring is most healthy, and least mortal.
Autumn is a bad season for persons in consumption.