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According to the beliefs of ancient Greek and Roman physicians they are black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood, this is right but...
Black bile is when you eat something and vomit after
Yellow Bile is the same or could be coughed out
Blood and phlegm can be sneezed out your nose or coughed out
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Who discovered the four humors?
Hippocrates, a greek doctor, in 460-377 BC
Why did medieval people believe in the theory of the four humors?
Medieval people inherited much of their understanding of science from ancient Greeks and Romans. The idea of four humors was part of what they had inherited. The idea persisted into modern times, even after the introduction of more scientific medical practices from Islamic medicine, which discarded the idea. The fact that doctors of Western Europe kept the idea alive into the nineteenth century is possibly just a matter of tradition.
What did medieval doctors believe caused illness?
Some Medieval doctors believed that our bodies consisted of four humors, yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm, and if these humors became unbalanced, you became ill. They also thought God caused us to be ill if we had sinned. The illness was enough to terrify you and drive you out of your sins. And some beleived that if the alignment of the sun and planets were changed, it caused illness. They also beleived bad air/oddurs was a cause.
Who was the cardinal who failed to get Henry VIII a divorce?
Cardinal Wolsey
Who was the cardinal of Louis XIV?
Cardinal Mazarin was Louis XIV's cardinal and governed France until he died (Louis XIV was 23 years old when Mazarin died).
What is the theory of the humors?
There were supposedly four humors (black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm). When someone was sick, the four humors must have been out of balance and to heal, the four humors had to be balanced again.
What are the four elements that the Four Humors are connected to?
earth, water, fire and air
Where can I get ten pages worth of information about the four humors?
www.answers.com
What physician believed the body was regulated by four fluids or humors?
Egyptian
What are the four humors and relationship to Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth's personality?
yes
What have Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates?
Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates about the four humors.
Who discovered the four humors?
Hippocrates, a greek doctor, in 460-377 BC
What are the four cardinal direction are?
The four cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west.
What is the Hippocrates humoral theory?
Hippocrates believed that the human body was controlled by four humors, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile and blood. Illnesses were caused by an imbalance of the humors.
What are examples of the four humors in movies?
fingers, toes and butt fingers, toes and butt
Why are the cardinal directions called 'cardinal directions'?
The four cardinal directions are referred to as cardinal because they are the four main origin directions. if you look up the word cardinal in the dictionary one of the definitions is as follows...1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
What do you call north east south and west?
They are known as the four cardinal directions.
