Causes Continued:
Demonic Possession
Some people believed that mentally ill patients were possessed by demonic beings who triggered the illness inside of the patient. This theory also believed in black bile, but thought of it more as a humour that was easily influenced, instead of one that directly caused mental illness. Excess of this humour would result in much more opportunity for the devil to get inside the patient's mind.
Some people believed that mentally ill patients were possessed by demonic beings who triggered the illness inside of the patient. This theory also believed in black bile, but thought of it more as a humour that was easily influenced, instead of one that directly caused mental illness. Excess of this humour would result in much more opportunity for the devil to get inside the patient's mind.
Less Common Conspiracies:
-Witches and magicians were extensions of the devil and lived among humans, giving them melancholy
-Planets and orbits determined mental illness:
-Mars = increase in yellow bile
-Moon = increase in phlegm
-Saturn = increase in black bile
-Jupiter = increase in blood
-Witches and magicians were extensions of the devil and lived among humans, giving them melancholy
-Planets and orbits determined mental illness:
-Mars = increase in yellow bile
-Moon = increase in phlegm
-Saturn = increase in black bile
-Jupiter = increase in blood