McLuhan ANG - Blätterfolge 27

ANG\ISIDOR.WP ** 17.7.1993

Isidore of Seville: The Medical Writings. An English Translation with an Introduction and Commentary by William D. SHARPE.
In: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series, Wolume 54, Part 2, 1964.

                               South     

                        
                               fire     
         Dryness              summer              Heat
                            yellow bile 
                             coleric    
           
                 earth        ELEMENT       air                     
    West         autumn       SEASON      spring          East
               black bile      HUMOR       blood                     
               melancholic  TEMPERAMENT   sanguine                   
            
                              water     
                              winter   
         Coldness             phlegm              Moisture
                             plegmatic  
                  

                              North

SCHEMA OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

    and their distribution in the world, year, human body and its
    temperaments, quarters of the globe and prevailing winds
    according to Isidor of Seville(S. 24)