Passions and Tempers

Description:

Traces the 2,500-year evolution of humour-based science, explaining the scientific bases of humour medical practices while discussing how beliefs in the relationship between health and humour balances survived throughout extended periods.

subjects: Mood (Psychology),  Physiopathology,  Body Fluids,  Physiology,  Temperament,  History of Medicine,  Mental Disorders,  Medical Philosophy,  History,  New York Times reviewed,  Liquides organiques,  Humeur (Psychologie),  Histoire