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Ancient Greek & Roman Medicine

You're Dead to Me

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The Theory of Opposite

Ancient doctors thought that the body was made up of four different substances. Blood, flam, black bile, and yellow bile are two different kinds of bile. There is this idea that these four pumas, if they get out of balance, can tip you towards a certain mood or into bad health.

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