Bad Blood & Bile: Ancient Greek MedicineFor 2,000 years, doctors made patients sicker.
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Historically Bad AdviceDiscover how the long-disproven theory of the four humors shaped Western medicine for millennia. For centuries, physicians from Hippocrates to Galen believed health depended on a balance of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. When illness struck, their solution was often dangerous treatments like bloodletting, designed to restore a fictional equilibrium. This misguided 'expert' advice dominated medicine until the 19th century.
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