PHSC 401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Serfdom, Feudalism, Social Mobility
16 Mar 2017
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Endemic: a disease that exists permanently in a particular region or population at low levels- Epidemic: an outbreak of disease that attacks many peoples at about the same time and may spread through one or several communities. The four elements and their associations with the four qualities: fire: hot + dry, air: hot + wet, earth: cold +dry, water: cold + wet. 6 non-naturals: air which might be corrupted or miasmatic as it was later called, motion + rest (exercise, sleeping and waking, food + drink, excretion + retention - healthy to use bathroom when needed, passions/ emotions. Again, imbalances in any of these were thought to cause disease/ illness. Phlegmatic, sanguine, melancholic, and choleric: phlegm = wet/cold = phlegmatic, blood = hot/wet = sanguine, black bile = dry/cold = melancholy, yellow bile = hot/dry = choleric. What is the sacred disease? epilepsy, the disease hippocrates said was caused by natural factors.
