Health & Body Beliefs:
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The body is controlled by four humors
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Imbalances caused different attitudes
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Good health required a perfect balance of all four humors
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Black bile
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(Melancholic) Too much caused melancholy
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Phlegm
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(Phlegmatic) caused lethargy and laziness
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Blood
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(Sanguine) caused hapiness/ cheerfulness
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Yellow bile
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(Choleric) caused anger
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Baths were unheathly
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While sneezing the soul temporarily left the body,
leaving the door open for evil spirits to possess you, hence the
phrase "God bless you" to protect a person from possession
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A person's outer looks reflect their inner person;
therefore, an ugly person had an ugly soul and would perform horrible
acts
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