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Historical Medicine & Forgotten Systems

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Before Modern Medicine

Explore humoral medicine, plague remedies, bloodletting and germ theory through the changing relationship between observation, explanation, treatment and evidence.

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    The Four Humors: A Complete Medical Worldview

    The Four Humors: A Complete Medical Worldview

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    Plague Remedies and the Logic of Their Time

    Plague Remedies and the Logic of Their Time

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    Bloodletting: Why a Harmful Treatment Survived

    Bloodletting: Why a Harmful Treatment Survived

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    How Germ Theory Changed Medicine

    How Germ Theory Changed Medicine

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