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What were the humors and why were they important according to medieval doctors?
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phelegm , yellow bile , black bile , and blood
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Sentence with choler used in it?
Choler is known as one of the humors of the body, generally used by medieval doctors. It can also mean anger. For example, "The old man's choler was a site to behold".
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.
What have Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates?
Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates about the four humors.
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 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 doctors of the 19th century believe about the cause of diseases?
Many still believed they were caused by imbalances of the four humors. Although the idea that microorganisms caused them was beginning to catch on.
What are the four theories of disease causation?
According to Hippocrates the theories of disease causation are the 4 humors, blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile.
What rhymes with tumors?
Humors.
What were the relationship between humors and illnesses?
its fun
When did Hippocrates find the 4 humors?
No, Hippocrates did!
How did ancient Greeks cure fever?
Well...ancient Greeks thought that humans were made up of four Humors. The humors were blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm (said Flem, means snot) if you were healthy it meant all your humors were balanced, so...you had an equal amount of each humor. If you had a fever it meant you had to much blood, so the doctors would cut your arm until you lost enough blood and then they would tie it up and stop the bleeding or...you would be covered in slimy, horrible blood sucking creatures called leeches.
What are the two humors of the eye?
the aqueous and the vitreous humor
