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Distillations
Extracts from the Past, Present, and Future of Chemistry
Weekly Program
Michael Maroney
 Chemical Heritage Foundation  Contact Contributor
July 23, 2008, 9:14 a.m.
Western medicine has always looked at the body as a system in balance. Today’s show looks at how ideas about the body’s equilibrium have changed over the past few centuries, from humoral theory to the discovery of vitamins and the role of trace elements in human health. The Element of the Week: Black bile.
Distillations is produced by the Chemical Heritage Foundation. For more information, visit distillations dot chemheritage dot org.

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