The ancient Greeks believed medicine revolved around the theory of humors. The most famous, and probably the most important medical figure in Ancient Greece was Hippocrates, who is known today as ...

Thus, treatments based on Hippocratic medicine usually involved ... s Connection of Personality With the Humors Theophrastus ...

Ancient Rome was a flourishing ... adopted the Greek theory about the four humors. The spiritual beliefs that surrounded medicine in Greece was also common in Roman medicine.

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He was Greek by birth but practiced medicine in Ancient Rome. Galen practiced medicine ... expanding on Hippocrates's theories of the four humours. His medical writings were very influential ...

The idea traces back to ancient Indian medicine. The Ayurvedic tradition ... and phlegm). The humors (the word comes from the Greek chymos, meaning juice or sap) make up all living things.