Rational Explanations For Disease

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Rational Explanations for Disease 

Rational explanations for disease in Medieval England were still based on ideas from the Ancient world, in particular, those of Hippocrates and Galen.

The Four Humours

The Ancient Greeks thought that everyone had a mix of four senses of humors in their body. They believed that when people became ill it was because this mix was unbalanced, so to make it better they tried to put this balance right. This idea continued well into the Middle Ages.

Elements were linked to seasons -

Air - Warm and…

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