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yellow bile

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yellow bile
humor effecting temperament of irritability. [Medieval Physiology: Hall, 130]


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According to Greek philosopher Theophrastus, the successor of Aristotle, the balance of these humors result in particular temperaments: Those with too much blood were sanguine or optimistic, those with too much phlegm were phlegmatic or indifferent, those with too much yellow bile were choleric or doers, and those with too much black bile were melancholic.
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.
She said: "Josh was in and out of consciousness and bringing up yellow bile by the time we saw the second doctor.
 
 
 
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