CLST 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homeopathy, Phlegm
21 Aug 2016
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Any text for 200 (450-300 bc) years about medicine was about hippocrates. A lot of pieces that were said to be by hippocrates, were not actually written by hippocrates. Humoural theories (nature of man: liquids or juices. Components of the human bodies were also reduced. Juices" of human bodies can be adjusted to help people. Nature of man regimen: physicians assign a regimen to manipulate your body/lifestyle, greek physicians focused on bathing, sex and alcohol consumption. Location: where you lived determines health, air, water and places. Qualities: hot, cold, wet, dry, i. e too salty, reduce salt in diet. Bodily structures: wandering womb if a young girls womb dries out it will seek moisture and stick to the liver this will make her crazy. Hysteria" this is why they must marry young or they will have reproductive problems. He says they all believe everything is composed of one thing three humours: blood, bile, phlegm yellow or black.
