Lexicon:Humours, rectify the
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| - | [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:-H-]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command (chapter 06)]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 01)]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 07)]] | + | [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:-H-]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command (chapter 06)]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 01)]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 07)]] [[Category:Maturin's Medicine:All Articles]] |
Current revision as of 12:52, 13 November 2007
| Term: | humours, rectify the |
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| References: | The Mauritius Command, page 202 The Wine-Dark Sea, pages 7, 153 |
| Meaning: | The four humours of the body were blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. It was believed necessary to keep the humours in proper balance for good health; hence the need to "rectify the humours." This belief, held from Greek medicine until the 19th century, led to our words for temperament — sanguine or cheerful; phlegmatic or calm, cool, and collected; yellow bile (choler) led to bilious or angry; and black bile to melancholy. |
Additional information
Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.
Categories: Maturin's Medicine:-H- | Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command | Maturin's Medicine:The Mauritius Command (chapter 06) | Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea | Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 01) | Maturin's Medicine:The Wine-Dark Sea (chapter 07) | Maturin's Medicine:All Articles
