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The Greek physician Hippocrates introduced the doctrine of essential humors. He attributed all diseases to disorders within the fluids of the body. Hippocrates taught that there was an essential material derived from inspired air which entered the heart and was distributed throughout the body.
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Leto, D., Wilkinson, A.P. (1989). Legal Aspects of Respiratory Therapy. In: Vevaina, J.R., Bone, R.C., Kassoff, E. (eds) Legal Aspects of Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4534-6_33
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