Humorism, or humoralism, is a superseded system of medicine that held that the human body was filled with four fundamental substances called humors, whose balance was believed to determine health and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 Connections
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Later systematized by Galen (Galen is not live in science; a cross-atlas influenced proposal from medicine/galen is filed separately).
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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.
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The concept was substantially developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates, and later systematized by Galen.
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Hippocrates is usually credited with applying this idea to medicine. In contrast to Alcmaeon, Hippocrates suggested that humors are the vital bodily fluids.
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Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
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