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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Noga Arikha |
| ISBN: | 9780060731168 0060731168 |
| OCLC Number: | 137242012 |
| Description: | xxi, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | I: Foundations: ancient insights -- II: Essences: the classical trail -- III: Remedies: miraculous medicine -- IV: Harmonies: Renaissance bodies and melancholy souls -- V: Nature: of blood, airs, and reasons -- Brain: passions and nerves -- Science: contemporary humours. |
| Responsibility: | Noga Arikha. |
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Abstract:
Traces the 2,500-year evolution of humour-based science, explaining the scientific bases of humour medical practices while discussing how beliefs in the relationship between health and humour balances survived throughout extended periods.
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