four humors theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:medicine
gptkbp:associatedWith balance and imbalance of humors
gptkbp:basisFor temperament theory
gptkbp:describes four bodily fluids
gptkbp:developedBy Galen
gptkbp:explains personality types
disease as imbalance of humors
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label four humors theory
gptkbp:humorAssociatedWith black bile - melancholic temperament
blood - sanguine temperament
phlegm - phlegmatic temperament
yellow bile - choleric temperament
gptkbp:humorStyle blood
black bile
phlegm
yellow bile
gptkbp:influenced medieval medicine
Renaissance medicine
Western medicine for centuries
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Empedocles'_four_elements_theory
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:proposedBy Hippocrates
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:traditional_medicine
gptkb:Unani_medicine
gptkbp:replacedBy modern medical science
gptkbp:usedUntil 19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:On_the_Nature_of_Man
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6