Humours of an Election was created in 1754.

A cacochymy is a vitiated state of the humours - when the body's humours have been rendered ineffective.

A cacochymia is a vitiated state of the humours - when the body's humours have been rendered ineffective.

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The four humours in ancient medicine are blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. It was believed that an individual's personality was influenced by the balance of these humours in their body. For example, an excess of blood was associated with a sanguine personality (cheerful and optimistic), while an excess of black bile was linked to a melancholic personality (pessimistic and irritable).