Jacob Is a Man Who Suffers from the Symptoms of a Mental

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Multiple Choice

Jacob is a man who suffers from the symptoms of a mental illness in the late 1700s.Which of the following would likely happen to him?

• A)He would be "burned at the stake," as he would be presumed to be a witch.
• B)He would be subjected to an exorcism.
• C)He would undergo a prefrontal lobotomy.
• D)He would be confined to an asylum where various treatments,some barbaric,would be performed.

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