Four Humours 2 Flashcards
How did the Greek Doctors find out which humour was imbalanced?
They would perform a diagnosis by studying the patients symptoms.
What were the stages of diagnosis for the Greeks?
Diagnosis, prognosis, observation, treatment.
What did the Greeks think would make the person ill?
Too little or too much of one or more of the humours.
How did Greek Doctors treat people?
They believed that nature would return the correct balance of ‘humours’ eventually.
How did Greek Doctors help nature redress unbalanced humours?
If they thought you had too much blood they would let out some blood!
Or use herbs to induce vomiting.
Or give you laxatives to purge (clean out) your system.
Above all the Greek Docs encouraged a balanced lifestyle of-
A sensible amount of sleep, exercise and bathing.
What was the Greek philosophy of good health?
Prevention is better than cure.
