
|Slideshows|December 1, 2020
Humor is More than a Bodily Fluid
Author(s)Leo Robert
Put some therapeutic comedy into your daily routine--study up with this slideshow of medical humor highlights from around the web.
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In Hippocrates’ time, humor referred to bodily fluid that corresponded to 1 of the traditional 4 human temperaments. Now the New Age humor-laughter is widely recognized as a highly effective therapeutic intervention.
Check out this slideshow for humor highlights from around the Web and put comedy into your routine with medicine that’s good for patients and physicians alike.
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