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ISBN10: 0060731176, ISBN13: 9780060731175, [publisher: Ecco Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Passions and Tempers may excite passions and tempers in some of its readers, as a good work of intellectual history should. You will learn a lot from its pages.'Washington PostThe humours--blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler--were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. The theory of humours remained an inexact but powerful tool for centuries, surviving scientific changes and offering clarity to physicians.This one-of-a-kind book follows the fate of these variable and invisible fluids from their Western origin in ancient Greece to their present-day versions. It traces their persistence from medical guid Elektronisches Buch of the past to current health fads, from the testimonies of medical doctors to the theories of scientists, physicians, and philosophers. By intertwining the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy, Noga Arikha revisits and revises how we think about all aspects of our physical, mental, and emotional selves. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: ...
Ecco Press 2008 Trade paperback New 2008. Reprint. Paperback. Arikha intertwines the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy in this 2, 500-year journey that explores the origins of humours in ancient Greece to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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ISBN10: 0060731176, ISBN13: 9780060731175, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Physicians in ancient Greece believed four humours flowed within the human body-blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler-determining a person's health, mood, and character. Not until the seventeenth century would a more complex view of the anatomy begin to emerge. But by then humoural theory had already become deeply ingrained in Western language and thought-and endures to this day in surprising ways. Interweaving the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy, Passions and Tempers explores the uncanny persistence of these variable, invisible fluids. It will change how we view our physical, mental, and emotional selves. It traces their persistence from medical guidebooks of the past to current health fads, from the testimonies of medical doctors to the theories of scientists, physicians, and philosophers. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. [Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 0060731176, ISBN13: 9780060731175, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc] Softcover 2008. Reprint. Paperback. Arikha intertwines the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy in this 2,500-year journey that explores the origins of humours in ancient Greece to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 0060731176, ISBN13: 9780060731175, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc] Softcover 2008. Reprint. Paperback. Arikha intertwines the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy in this 2,500-year journey that explores the origins of humours in ancient Greece to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314. . . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 0060731176, ISBN13: 9780060731175, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Physicians in ancient Greece believed four humours flowed within the human body-blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler-determining a person's health, mood, and character. Not until the seventeenth century would a more complex view of the anatomy begin to emerge. But by then humoural theory had already become deeply ingrained in Western language and thought-and endures to this day in surprising ways. Interweaving the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy, Passions and Tempers explores the uncanny persistence of these variable, invisible fluids. It will change how we view our physical, mental, and emotional selves. It traces their persistence from medical guidebooks of the past to current health fads, from the testimonies of medical doctors to the theories of scientists, physicians, and philosophers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. [Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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