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Humorism - Wikipedia

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The concept of "humors" (chemical systems regulating human behaviour) became more prominent from the writing of medical theorist Alcmaeon of Croton (c. 540–500 BC). His list of humors was longer and included fundamental elements described by Empedocles, such as water, air, earth, fire, etc.. The concept of … See more

Hippocratic Method and the Four Humors in Medicine - ThoughtCo

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Humors Corresponding With the Seasons and Elements In the Hippocratic corpus (believed not to be the work of a single man of …

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Don't Miss These Medical Puns, Jokes & One-Liners

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Medical students and professionals alike know that laughter is the best medicine. So it's no surprise that this translates into some great humor in …

Humour | ancient physiology | Britannica

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humour, also spelled Humor, (from Latin “liquid,” or “fluid”), in early Western physiological theory, one of the four fluids of the body that were thought to determine a …

Greek Medicine: THE FOUR HUMORS

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The Four Humors are the metabolic agents of the Four Elements in the human body. The right balance and purity of them is essential to maintaining health. The Four Humors and …

Medical Definition of Humorism - MedicineNet

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Humorism: In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of …

The Four Humours: Understandings of the Body in …

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Put simply, the four humours were: blood (sanguine), yellow bile (choleric), black bile (melancholic), and phlegm (phlegmatic). These four substances were organised around the four elements, the four qualities …

The Four Humours of Ancient Greek Medicine | Herbal …

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The immortal gods were gradually replaced with scientific medical theories, including the four humours, all of which heavily relied on the power of plants (Porter, 1997). Like many ancient systems of medicine, the …

The Humors: Ancient Perspectives on Mental Health

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These humors represented different aspects of a human, connected to the four elements (wind, air, earth and fire) and the four seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter). While these four humors …