"And Just as the Year Is Governed at One Time

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Multiple Choice

"And just as the year is governed at one time by winter, then by spring, then by summer, and then by autumn; so at one time in the body phlegm predominates, at another time blood, at another time yellow bile and this is followed by a preponderance of black bile. In these circumstances it follows that the diseases which increase in winter should decrease in summer and vice versa. . . ." What does this excerpt from the writings of Hippocrates (Thinking Like a Historian: Hellenistic Medicine) tell us about his understanding of disease?

• A)That he believed that disease was caused by the gods
• B)That he believed that disease was essentially untreatable
• C)That he believed that disease was caused by an excess of a particular substance in the body
• D)That he believed that disease was caused by genetic factors

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