Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours by Noga Arikha

Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours

Noga Arikha

400 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

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The humours—blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler—were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. For example, an excess of black bile was considered a cause of melancholy. The theory of h...

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