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1. Ancient Anatomy

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   The Hippocratic corpus established the foundational Four Humors Theory, which dominated Western medicine for over two millennia. This model asserted that the body contained four essential fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Health was the harmonious equilibrium of these fluids, and disease resulted from their imbalance or stagnation.
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