HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

Re: Black bile

• Date:   Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:08:06 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To:   histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Gabriel Finkelstein <gabriel.finkelstein@cudenver.edu>
• Subject:   Re: Black bile
• Message-ID:   SIMEON.10301081006.D@bio-s-his008.library.ucla.edu

Forwarded (due to e-mail mismatch) from Gabriel Finkelstein.  --RJ

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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:55:38 -0700
From: Gabriel Finkelstein [gabriel.finkelstein@cudenver.edu]
Reply-To: gabriel.finkelstein@cudenver.edu
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver
To: histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Black bile


My late advisor, Gerry Geison, suggested that the concept of "black bile" arose
from encounters with septicemic malaria. He said that enlarged livers were a
symptom of the acute condition.

Is this true?

Gabriel Finkelstein

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