The Four Humors: A Complete Medical Worldview
The Four Humors: A Complete Medical Worldview
COLLECTION
Historical Medicine & Forgotten Systems
Before Modern Medicine
Explore humoral medicine, plague remedies, bloodletting and germ theory through the changing relationship between observation, explanation, treatment and evidence.
4 Articles
4 Deep Dive
Articles in this Collection
02Deep DiveSUPPORTED
Plague Remedies and the Logic of Their Time
Plague Remedies and the Logic of Their Time
03Deep DiveESTABLISHED
Bloodletting: Why a Harmful Treatment Survived
Bloodletting: Why a Harmful Treatment Survived
04Deep DiveESTABLISHED
How Germ Theory Changed Medicine
How Germ Theory Changed Medicine
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