How Can We Best Prevent Disease, Considering the Dose of the Microbe

question 13

Multiple Choice

How can we best prevent disease, considering the dose of the microbe and body resistance?

• A)Increase the dose and decrease body resistance.
• B)Decrease the dose and increase body resistance.
• C)Increase the dose and increase body resistance.
• D)Decrease the dose and decrease body resistance.

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Definitions:

Vital Body Fluids

Traditional medical concepts that refer to bodily liquids essential for maintaining life functions, such as blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile in ancient medicine.

Hippocrates

An ancient Greek physician often referred to as the "Father of Medicine," credited with advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine.

Trephining

An ancient surgical intervention where a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura mater to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases or release pressured blood buildup from an injury.

Four Humors

An ancient medical theory that health is determined by the balance of four bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile.