the middle ages

[Gale_Snail]

what is the theory of the four humours

again for the history corse) taxx

[shaneystar2]

A traditional theory of physiology in which the state of health and by extension the state of mind, or character depended upon a balance among the four elemental fluids: blood, yellow bile, phlegm, and black bile. These were closely allied with the four elements air, fire, water, and earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours

[joko]

we do not do your homework for you.

the internet is full of information, so i don't see how you can't find 'anything'

[Drusilla1S]

Hippocrates believed the human body was filled with four basic substances called humors. The four humors were black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood and they were linked to the four elements of earth, fire, water and air.

The Greeks and Romans believed all diseases and illnesses were caused when people lost the essential balance between the four substances.

Theophrastus took this one step further and said the four humors affected your personality and defined the four personality types as sanguine(cheerful), phlegmatic(solid), choleric(grumpy) and melancholic(gloomy).

Each of these character types indicated too much of one of the humors. Melancholic meant you had too much black bile and Choleric meant you had too much yellow bile. If you use the charts given above, you should be able to work out the other two. Hope this helps and good luck!

[Gale_Snail]

i don't know what to say to you people like Joko, if you haven't got anything nice to say then dont say it at all!