11/28/2018 The Four Humours Kristin Pomeroy
The Choleric, the Sanguine, the Phlegmatic, and the Melancholic
The Four Humours There must be a balance between the 4 elemental fluids and the state of health (including state of mind) Blood Yellow Bile Phlegm Black Bile 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Four Humours The 4 basic fluids were closely related to the 4 elements Air Fire Water Earth 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Sanguine Blood Air Hot and moist Amorous, happy, and generous 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Choleric Yellow bile Fire Hot and dry Violent and vengeful 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Phlegmatic Phlegm Water Cold and Moist Dull, pale, and cowardly 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Melancholic Black bile Earth Hot and dry Gluttonous, lazy, and sentimental 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
The Four Humours The humours would give off vapors which would go to the brain This affected the individual’s characteristics (physical, mental, and moral) which could then be understood as one of the 4 humours prevailing over the others 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
Treatment Religious Secular Prayer Relics Shrines Diet Medication Surgery 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
Diet Good diet could ensure health Food could either cause disease or prevent it Effect on balance of humours Prevention better than cure Surgery used as a last resort, painful 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy
Medication Herbs, plants, animals, and minerals Cure by contraries Cold medicine for hot disease Bleeding Helped relieve symptoms Cupping 11/28/2018 Kristin Pomeroy