- Exam
- NEET
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Human Health and Diseases
NEET · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases
Who disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health?
Options
- AWilliam Harvey
- BHippocrates
- CThermometer
- DIndian Ayurveda system of medicine
Correct answer
A. William Harvey
Step-by-step solution
Early Greeks and Indian Ayurveda system of medicine believed that a person's health was determined by the balance of certain "humors" in the body, and that persons with "black bile" belonged to hot personality and would have fevers. William Harvey disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health by discovering the blood circulation and demonstrating normal body temperature in persons with black bile using a thermometer.William Harvey disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health by discovering the blood circulation and demonstrating normal body temperature in persons with black bile using a thermometer. In later years, biology stated that mind influences, through the neural system and endocrine system, our immune system and that our immune system maintains our health. Hence, mind and mental state can affect our health