Perhaps the most naive attempt was made by Fordyce: he included in the axis all the notations concerning the climate, the seasons, prevalent diseases, the patient's temperament, idiosyncrasy, appearance, age, and previous accidents; and he classified in the axis the symptoms according to the organ or function in which they were manifested (pulse, skin, tempera ture, muscles, eyes, tongue, mouth, breathing, stomach, intestines, urine).'