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Medieval Medical Beliefs
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What was the primary cause of illness, according to medieval medical beliefs?
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Imbalance of humors
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Medieval physicians believed that the body was composed of four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. An imbalance of these humors was thought to cause illness.