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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 did the Victorian public think of leeches as medicinal?
The use of leeches in medicine dates 2,500 years, when they were used for bloodletting in ancient India An imbalance in the proportions in the four humors; blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile, was believed to cause ill-health. The practice of bloodletting with leeches was believed to correct it.
What was the purpose of the practice of bloodletting?
It was believed that most illnesses were contained in the bodies humors (fluids) and so by letting blood out of the body it was also thought to let the illness out of the body.
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 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
When was Bloodletting Press created?
Bloodletting Press was created in 2002.
