Four Humours (wasRe: CHAPDISC: HBP5, An Excess of Phlegm

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>   CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: 
>   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 5,
>   An Excess of Phlegm

Juli wrote a very good discussion. I intended to tack this question 
to the end of my reply, but forgot.

One theroy of health used to be that the body contained four Humours. 
(Phlegm, Blood, Bile and ????)  All four are supposed to be in 
balance. Certain conditions were thought to be due to an excess of 
one of the Humours. Does anyone know anything about this? What are 
the four humours? And what would an excess of phlegm cause?

I wonder if the name of this chapter has more to do with Tonks than 
with Fleur.

And why do I have the impression that Snape is suffering from an 
excess of Bile?

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