Humorism

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/humorism

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the key figures?Hippocrates and Galen were instrumental in developing and disseminating the theory
2. What were the four special liquids in Humorism?Humorism said the body was made of four fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
3. Why did doctors think people got sick in Humorism?They believed sickness happened when these four fluids were not in balance.

Dyscrasia: An imbalance or abnormal condition of the body's humors, leading to disease.
Hippocratic Oath: An ancient ethical code for physicians, often associated with Hippocrates' teachings.
Germ Theory of Disease: The scientific principle that many diseases are caused by specific pathogenic microorganisms.