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Hu´mor`ism

n.	1.	(Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
	2.	The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.

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humoralism			Lazure says April Fools Day is all about humiliation and notes that in the medical field the four humors were identified as black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood. From silly to sinister; April Fools' day pranks take dark turn by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The characteristics of the four Humors were also considered for treating mental illnesses, as blood is sanguine, phlegm is phlegmatic, yellow bile is choleric, and black bile is melancholic. Medicine in Elizabethan England by Phil Forp / Health care industry community Whether it be attempting to reconstruct the Milan medical milieu with which Leonardo was familiar, or his influence on portraiture drawing on the theory of the four humors, or his tangential connection with early nature printing, the authors treat their subject with the requisite critical distance. Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550 by Kirsop, Wallace / Renaissance Quarterly			The Democratic party The Destinies the devil The Devil's tattoo The devout The die is cast The Dipper The disciples The Encyclopedists The enemy The Enneads The Eternal City The evening star The extraction of roots The fair The fair sex The Faithful The fancy The Federal Congress The five wits The flexure of a curve the Flood The flowery kingdom The forks of a river The fors and against The four humors The four Orders The Fourth The fourth estate The Gambia The gapes The gentle craft The Golden Bull The Grand Lama The great the Great Calamity The Great Charter the Great Compromiser the Great Hunger The Great Karroo The Great Lakes The great powers The Great Spirit the Great Starvation the great unwashed The Greek calends The Hague the halt The handwriting on the wall The heathen the Hill			The Forum Site The Forwardian Arts Society The Foundation The Foundation The Foundation The Foundation The Foundation The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology The Foundation for Enhancing Communities The Foundation for Jewish Camping The Foundation for Public Education The Foundations of Equity The Foundations of Equity The Foundations of Equity The Fountain of Youth The Fountain of Youth The Fountainhead The Fountainhead The Fountainhead The Four Corners The Four Corners the four corners of the earth the four corners of the world The four evangelists The four evangelists The Four Freedoms The four horsemen The four horsemen The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The four humors The four humours The Four Immigrants Manga The Four Noble Truths The four o'clock flower The four Orders The Four Spiritual Laws The Four Swords The Fourteen Points The Fourteen Points The Fourth The Fourth Coming The Fourth Estate The Fourth Estate, Inc. The Fourth World The Fox Lane Middle School The fox Street Journal The Foxes of Firstdark The Foxes of Firstdark The Frag Zone The Fragrant Lemon Peel The Franchise Company The Franciscan University The Franco-American Food Company The Frankenstein monster The Frankenstein monster The Frankfurt School The Frankfurt School The Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute

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Humorism (redirected from The four humors)

Humorism
(redirected from The four humors)