II The Temperament of the Several Members Each member of the body is described to be given each its individual temperament, each with its own degree of heat and moisture. Avicenna lists members of the body in "order of degree of Heat", from hottest to coldest. The breath and "the heart in which it arises"; The blood; which is said to be generated from the liver; The liver, which may be looked upon as concentrated blood; The flesh, which would be as hot as the liver were it not for the nervous tissue which pervades it; The muscles, which are cooler than the flesh because of their tendons and ligaments, as well as the nerves; The spleen, which is colder because of the faex of the blood; The kidneys; The wall of the arteries; The veins; The skin of the palms and soles.
II The Temperament of the Several Members Each member of the body is described to be given each its individual temperament, each with its own degree of heat and moisture. Avicenna lists members of the body in "order of degree of Heat", from hottest to coldest. The breath and "the heart in which it arises"; The blood; which is said to be generated from the liver; The liver, which may be looked up,on as concentrated blood; The flesh, which would be as hot as the liver were it not for the nervous tissue which pervades it; The muscles, which are cooler than the flesh because of their tendons and ligaments as well as the nerves; The spleen, which is colder because of the faex of the blood; The kidneys; The wall of the arteries; The veins; The skin of the palms and soles.