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Arikha, Noga, Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, Nova York, Ecco, 2007, xxi + 376 pp.
- Resum
- This is the first book ever to recount the full history in the West of the system of the four humours - blood, phlegm, choler, melancholy - fluids within the organism that, for 2500 years, were deemed to determine health and illness, mood and temperament. It takes the reader from ancient Greece to today`s world, via the middle ages, the Renaissance, the era of scientific revolutions, the period of the Enlightenment, and the beginning of neuroscience in the 19th century. The humoural system theoretically disappeared with the advent of modern medicine, but Passions and Tempers describes the surprising and fascinating guises it takes in our day.
Contents:
* I: Foundations: ancient insights
* II: Essences: the classical trail
* III: Remedies: miraculous medicine
* IV: Harmonies: Renaissance bodies and melancholy souls
* V: Nature: of blood, airs, and reasons
* Brain: passions and nerves
* Science: contemporary humours
- Matèries
- Història de la medicina
Medicina
- Notes
- Reimpr.: Nova York, Perennial 2008.
Trad. it.: Gli umori: sangue, flemma, bile, Milà, Saggi Bompiani, 2009.
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