Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours Amanda Whiting Baker died in 1968 of

Baker died in 1968 of cancer

more important than the historical and classificatory concerns of the book are the analyses of characters in semantic terms

has written more than 40 books

com) in twenty-two New York Times bestsellers

'The Pain of Glass' and 'The Origin of Snow'

Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours Amanda Whiting Baker died in 1968 of"Passions and Tempers may excite passions and tempers in some of its readers, as a good work of intellectual history should. You will learn a lot from its pages." Washington Post The humours blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. The theory of humours remained an inexact but powerful tool for centuries, surviving scientific changes and offering