An ancient medical framework, humoral theory posited that health hinged on balancing four bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Practitioners diagnosed and treated ailments by adjusting these humors through diet, bloodletting, or purging. While obsolete in modern medicine, historians and medical humanities scholars benefit from studying its profound influence on pre-scientific healthcare and cultural practices.
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