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...definition of the word humour and its derivation. It was derived from the Latin root meaning moistur and during the Middle Ages came to be applied in the plural to the moistures or juices which on old medical authority made up the constitution of a human being, as bile or phlegm. So a bilious or phlegmatic humour came to mean a certain character or state. This was the sense in which Jonson used "humour," in the play "Every Man out of his Humour...
Notice has been taken of the close relation of mind or soul to body. When the body withers the mind withers. Swoon and sleeping are instances of this. Thought is the product of the brain though not in the sense that bile is the product of the liver. And here he said, "There will be much I say which cannot be demonstrated. However, I do think that thought can be proved as the product of the brain, which is the seat of thought. There are two elements-the manifoldness of the brain, and the unity of consciousness. Consciousness is always...
...fluids begin to flow. It is said that drinking large quantities of water impedes digestion by diluting this gastric juice. Violent muscular exertion before or after eating has the same effect. Live tissue can be digested, and after death the stomach sometimes digests itself. The pancreatic juice and the bile are poured into the small intestine. The amount of bile secreated in twenty-four hours has been estimated at forty ounces...
Prof. (getting his bile riled). On the table...
...Prof. (bile very much riled). Don't you see that ewer on the table...