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Humorism, or humoralism, is a superseded system of medicine that held that the human body was filled with four fundamental substances called humors, whose balance was believed to determine health and temperament.
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Proposed BySourced to the subject's own accountHippocrates, later systematized by Galen 1 Sources
1. Humorism (Wikipedia)
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Humorism, also known as humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing the makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
1. Humorism (Wikipedia)
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The concept was substantially developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates, and later systematized by Galen.
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