History and Sociology of Medicine

History and Sociology of Medicine

The Humoral Concept of Disease

The humoral concept or theory of disease contains four elements for the purpose of healing. The physicians and doctors of the early Greek time used this method to cure the patients (Cai et al, 2013). Moreover, the physician of Renaissance also used to follow such practicing procedures. According to the theory of humoral concept, any of the four proposed elements is not sufficiently working; it automatically leads to the appearance of outward physical symptoms, sooner than the symptoms associated to spirituality. According to the theory, the four elements and ...