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| A body of facts that man has gathered by observing the physical universe |
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| States that living things are composed of four fluids, or "humors." These humors supposedly have certain properties and are produced by specific organs. According to this doctrine, a person is healthy and happy when theses four humors are correctly proportioned and well mixed in the body. However, if a person has too much or too little of one or more of these humors, his temperature (humor) is affected. For example, a person with too much blood would be warm, ruddy, friendly, and happy. A person with too much black bile would be warm, sad, and melancholy. |
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| The ancient Babylonians used this doctrine to prescribe remedies for various ailments. In the 14th & 15th centuries, Europeans promoted this doctrine to its height. They believed that when God cursed man with diseases, He mercifully left in the physical world signs (signatures) of cures for these diseases. Medieval doctors prescribed a yellow papery lichen I a small plantlike growth found on rocks as a cure for a yellow condition of the skin called jaundice. |
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| A nutrient-rich solution in which microorganisms can live |
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| Is usually classifies as inductive or deductive reasoning. Inductive and Deductive reasoning are a form of logical reasoning. |
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| Begins with a number of observed facts and uses them to derive a general conclusion. I.S. Inductive is Specific. After seeing many particular objects fall and roll downhill, one perceives by induction the general principle of gravity. |
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| Begins with general principles assumed to be true and draws conclusions about particulars. Opposite of Inductive. All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Socrates is mortal. |
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