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a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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Melancholia (Greek μελαγχολια) was described as a distinct disease as early as the fifth and fourth centuries BC in the Hippocratic writings. It was characterized by "aversion to food, despondency, sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness," as well as the statement that "Grief and fear, when lingering, provoke melancholia". ...
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| black bile |
earth...cold and dry: melancholy, gluttonous, lazy, contemplative
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