An Ancient Roman Physician Would Be Most Likely to Diagnosis

question 178

Multiple Choice

An Ancient Roman physician would be most likely to diagnosis a patient with a melancholy (depressed) personality as:

• A) having experienced some psychological trauma as a child.
• B) an imbalance in the bodily fluids known as humors.
• C) caused by physical trauma to the head.
• D) having inherited the trait from his or her parents.

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