Passions and Tempers
Subtitle: A History of the Humours
Publisher: Ecco
Published: May 29, 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780060731168
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.