The 4 humors and erythrocyte sedimentation: The most influential observation in medical history

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-157

  Kushner, Irving ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodletting; Cupping; Humors; Leeches; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BEHAVIOR; BILE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BONE; BRAIN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIARRHEA; EMOTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL THEORY; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LIQUID; LUNG; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; MICTURITION; MOOD; MUSCLE; PERSONALITY; PHLEBOTOMY; PHLEGM; PHYSICIAN; PLASMA; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; THEORY; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUES; VOMITING;

EID: 84880849656     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31826cad55     Document Type: Article

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