The Body in Balance : Humoral Medicines in Practice
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pains and health. Health is primarily that state in which these constituent substances are in the correct proportion to each other [Greek metrios, ‘moderately, in due...
| Main Author: | Peregrine Horden, Elisabeth Hsu |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
| Published: |
Berghahn Books
2013
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| Online Access: |
http://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=53465 |
| Summary: |
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and
black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution
and cause its pains and health. Health is primarily that state
in which these constituent substances are in the correct
proportion to each other [Greek metrios, ‘moderately, in due
measure’], both in strength and quantity, and are well mixed. |
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| ISBN: |
e book 644 |