Greg Jenner

But the study didn't exist.

No.

So, you know, we're talking here about a time where the theory of medicine hasn't changed in over a thousand years.

Is that fair, Alana?

Yeah, we do.

And we still talk about melancholic and stuff, don't we?

So there are personality types associated to medical humoral conditions.

Just the royals.

All right.

So these are ancient Greek ideas, the humoral system, the four humours.

Galen was a Roman Greek and he was building on Hippocrates, who was a Greek.

So this is ancient theory that's still in use in the 1500s and 1600s.

Ria, which of the humoral profiles do you think you would be?

So we've honed our sense of humours, lol.

Now let's look at the various medical professions in Renaissance England, because there's not just one type of healthcare worker.

As today, there are multiple professions.

So Alana, can we start with, I suppose, the obvious ones, what we would call physicians, which I assume means doctor, but maybe it doesn't?

Oh.

So this is a brand new... It's a new thing.

...guild, a body... Yeah.