Humorism

Hippocrates, the first ever epidemiologist, was born into a family of doctors on the island of Cos. He was a Greek physician who has been known as the “Father of Medicine”, for his intelligence and contributions to medicine, which included detailed observations of different diseases and its effects. He had the understanding that the environment in which one is surrounded by can be both positively and negatively affecting to one’s health. Hippocrates discovered the theory of the four humors; blood

This was even backed up by scientific and biological understandings of the time, as a woman was seen to be completely different biologically to man. In this period, the understanding was that the human body was made up of four humours - black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood – which corresponded with the qualities hot, cold, wet and dry respectively. Men were hot and dry and women cold and wet, which was seen to be why men were more intelligent and morally sound: heat was the most positive quality

Born in 980 A.D., during the eleventh century in Uzbekistan, philosopher-physician Ibn Sina also known as Avicenna in Europe, wrote a comprehensive medical encyclopedia called the Canon of Medicine. The Canon of Medicine is considered as one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. The Persian physician was a paramount figure in the history of Islamic medicine for he was best known for his advancements and contributes to other Greek physicians’ philosophy and medical theories. His work

The Differences in Galen’s Approach Towards Humoralism versus Hippocrates The humoral view of the body and the progress it aided in medicine was greatly owed to Hippocrates and Galen. Although Galen agreed with many aspects of Hippocratic medicine, there were several more aspects that Galen practiced and believed that were different. Being that Galen used Hippocratic works as the foundation of his practice of medicine, there should be some similarities towards Hippocrates and Galen’s approaches

Science undoubtedly has been a great service to mankind towards our knowledge and everyday lives. Every day we wake up and utilize things that would not be possible without science. Our transportation methods, the computers we use, the clothes on our backs, the cellular devices we use to communicate with each other, and most importantly medicine are due to the improvements of science. However, this revolution of life and its standards are due human curiosity. Without the curiosity of mankind, all

In this scene, Lady Macbeth is seen entering from further in the castle (i.e. possibly her bedchamber) while simultaneously reading the letter from her husband, Macbeth. Since the entrances of the other two characters namely, the messenger and Macbeth denotes a place elsewhere (Duncan’s camp), it only makes sense if they were entering from the opposite door. This particular arrangement can be deduced into three significant spaces, the onstage space is an antechamber within the castle however unmentioned

“What is the definition of humor?” That is the question psychologist and philosophers are trying to define. Humor seems to be in a vague category that no one seems to have a simple explanation for. It is a mystery and can be defined as a variety of different definitions and can go in a variety of different directions. “Many scientists have only recently studied humor as a topic and they have stated that humor was defined as a taboo or trivial systematic inquiry.” ( Harre and Lamb). Humor has been

Bell's palsy care pack What is Ayurveda? Ayurveda is the oldest medical science or healthcare system. Ayurveda literally means ‘the science of life’. Ayurveda is also known as Indian system of medicine. Ayurveda is an ancient medical system, which teaches us in a comprehensive way that what is advantageous, and what is disadvantageous for the human body. Ayurvedic system of medicine addresses the happy and unhappy states of the human life. Ayurveda speaks about preventive as well as curative aspects

Humor is another emotion that everyone have in mind that they are to timid to say or thinking about it. Humor express someone feeling that they don’t say out loud for others to hear. Alain de Botton claim about humorist changes people's perspective of what the society say. Tom and Jerry by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera humorist cartoon. Even when both characters always do each other wrong it always humor people of how much trouble they cause. Humorist come in any categories they always have a message

could cause damage to these organs. According to Humorism, each fluid signified something. For example, blood and yellow bile signified youthfulness, black bile and phlegm signified aging. Yellow bile indicated problems with the gall bladder while black bike indicated problems with the spleen. Blood was related to the heart while phlegm meant ailments of the brain. Humorism was not cured in a "normal" way. Some treatments on how to cure Humorism were bloodletting "which the doctor removed blood