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== The Four Humours == | == The Four Humours == | ||
<nomobile>[[File:4 humory EN.png|thumb|left|The four humours: blood, phlegm, bile and black bile]]</nomobile> | <nomobile>[[File:4 humory EN.png|thumb|left|The four humours: blood, phlegm, bile and black bile]]</nomobile> | ||
So far, so good? Now let's see how all this connects to the way the human body works; in other words, the basics of | So far, so good? Now let's see how all this connects to the way the human body works; in other words, the basics of '''Galenic humoral theory''' (we'll talk about Galen himself later on). | ||
The human body, as the pinnacle of divine creation, is a reflection of the universe in a micro scale, so it must consists of the same four elements as everything else. What determines the complexion of a human organism are chiefly the four bodily fluids known as '''humours'''. Each humour has a set of characteristics corresponding to one of the four elements. | The human body, as the pinnacle of divine creation, is a reflection of the universe in a micro scale, so it must consists of the same four elements as everything else. What determines the complexion of a human organism are chiefly the four bodily fluids known as '''humours'''. Each humour has a set of characteristics corresponding to one of the four elements. | ||