PSYC 3110 Chapter 1: Chapter 1

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3110
• Professor: Kieran O' Doherty

Document Summary

The word health is derived from old high german and anglo-saxon words meaning whole, hale and holy. Heal is rooted from the proto-indo-european word kailo- , which means whole, uninjured or of good omen. In old english this became haelan , which means to make whole, sound and well. In german the word became heil", which means unhurt or unharmed. Ancient links exist between the concepts of health, wholeness, holiness etc. in different religious texts. The concept of health as wholeness existed in ancient china and classical greece. Related ideas are also found today in healing systems. Hippocratic tradition (galen) was composed of hygieia (health) and euexia (soundness) as a balance between the four bodily humors (black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood). The body"s construction , temperament or state could be put out of equilibrium by excessive heat, cold, dryness, or wetness.