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About, Inc.: Hippocratic Method and the Four Humours in Medicine
The four humours were proposed by the ancient doctor Galen
as being necessary for the maintenance of good health.
The four humours are blood, choler (yellow bile), phlegm,
and melancholy (black bile).
Galen's doctrines regarding these four humours survived even
into the 17th century as a basis for medical practice.
Galen On the Natural Faculties Bk II
These men demonstrated that when the nutriment becomes altered
in the veins by the innate heat, blood is produced when it is in moderation,
and the other humours when it is not in proper proportion.
The four humours were proposed by the ancient doctor Galen
as being necessary for the maintenance of good health.
The four humours are blood, choler (yellow bile), phlegm,
and melancholy (black bile).
Galen's doctrines regarding these four humours survived even
into the 17th century as a basis for medical practice.
Galen On the Natural Faculties Bk II
These men demonstrated that when the nutriment becomes altered
in the veins by the innate heat, blood is produced when it is in moderation,
and the other humours when it is not in proper proportion.