MUSC 2277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neurology, Margaret C. Anderson, Lowell Mason
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Preliterate cultures (such as early nomadic tribes) believed that illness was caused by the gods, in other words, that there was a supernatural responsible for both inflicting diseases and curing them. The ancient greeks first thought (like preliterate cultures) that disease was caused solely by supernatural powers. Later on, however, rational medicine began to replace the magical and religious practices. Illness was explained through the four humors which were blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. If you were healthy then you were considered to have an even balance of the four. It was used to cure depression, melancholy, and insanity, but doctors also would prescribe it as a preventative. Today we still use music to better our mental health. Later on in the renaissance, music was more neglected as an effect means of treatment. During this time, music (as a medicine) was used only by holistic doctors (those who see the body as a.