Before Germ Theory: When Doctors Thought Bad Air Made You Sick
For centuries, foul air was blamed for plague, cholera, and other diseases. Miasma theory may have been wrong, but it shaped medicine, sanitation, and public health for generations.
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The Four Humours: When Your Personality—and Your Illness—Was Blamed on Bodily Fluids
For centuries, physicians believed health depended on balancing four bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The theory shaped diagnosis, diet, bloodletting—and even personality.
