They are blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Four others that are mentioned are air, water, earth and fire. They all are supposed to be indications of emotions or temperaments. Air, water, earth and fire were also called the elements. Of course we know that the elements (iron, helium) are not that.
The four humours are the basis of ancient medicine. Essentially, according to the four humours model, general health is held to be reliant on the balance of four major body fluids: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. The concept arose in Ancient Greece, but persisted into the 19th century. Though the idea of the four humours and their effect on general health and temperament has been discarded in the field of medicine, many modern theories of psychology are based upon the four personality types associated with the four humours.
Aristotle did not specifically link to the theory of the four humours; that theory was developed by ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. The theory of the four humours was based on a belief that four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile) influenced a person's health and temperament. Aristotle's work focused more on philosophy, science, and ethics rather than medicine.
Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates about the four humors.
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4 humours about a relationship:- 1- The fact they go out with you 2- The fact they mean it 3- The fact that they love you 4- Just all of the above^^^
Medieval medicine believed that health was determined by four humours - elements or fluids of the human body; blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. A healthy functioning human had a balance of those four humours. An imbalance of the humours would create various physical and/or mental illnesses. These were "cured" by practices that tried to rectify the imbalance.
Humours of an Election was created in 1754.
This is the main example of one of Hippocrates cures. In the summer when people became hot and red, it was thought they had too much blood in their system. To balance their humours again they would use bloodletting. Bloodletting is when you purposely cut your self so that you bleed. Hippocrates believed that if you were ill one of your four humours were out of balance. He believed the body was made up of four humours, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; although no one knows what black bile was. If you came to him ill, they would try and balance your four humours. In the different seasons he noticed different symptom's, for example in summer you would be red and hot, therefore he thought your blood was out of balance. He would either increase, or decrease your amount of blood. If he believed you had too much blood he would use something called bloodletting, this would get rid of some of your blood, and re balance your four humours.
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The Humours of Amateur Golf - 1906 was released on: UK: April 1906 USA: July 1907
Galen accepted the view that disease was the result of an imbalance between blood, phlegm, yellow bile and blood bile. He also shared the belief in natures healing power and developed treatments to restore the balance of the four humours. He was very fond of bloodletting.Hippocrates theories were the basis of his work, and a breakthrough in medical knowledge. He used the idea of the four humours to create his opposites theory.
Humours phases of funny faces by J. StuartBlackton in 1909 Humours phases of funny faces by J. Stuart Blackton in 1909