Four Humours (wasRe: CHAPDISC: HBP5, An Excess of Phlegm

[a_svirn]

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> Jaimee:
> No, I think you may be on to something with that.  If anyone in the  
books 
> fits a melancholic personality type, I think Sirius would be the  
one.  He is 
> quite depressed while stuck in Grimmauld place, and his  sullenness 
also leads 
> to violent outbursts with Snape (which might be hard to  contain 
even if he 
> weren't depressed... ;) <snip>

a_svirn:
Weeell, I'd say that Sirius's fits of dejection were due to the excess 
of Firewhiskey, first and foremost. Although, it's possible that an 
excess of whiskey causes an excess of bile. In fact, I am very sure it 
does.