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Microbiology by Nina Parker,Mark Schneegurt ,Anh-Hue Thi Tu, Brian Forster,Philip Lister,OpenStax
Edition 0ISBN: 978-1938168147Microbiology by Nina Parker,Mark Schneegurt ,Anh-Hue Thi Tu, Brian Forster,Philip Lister,OpenStax
Edition 0ISBN: 978-1938168147 Exercise 2
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A) Marcus Terentius Varro
B) Thucydides
C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D) Hippocrates
A) Marcus Terentius Varro
B) Thucydides
C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D) Hippocrates
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Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) was a Roman Scholar and writer. He proposed a theory that we acquire diseases by the things that we cannot see through naked eyes.
Historian Thucydides (460-395 BC) was a Greek philosopher and historian. The plague epidemic occurred in between 430 to 410 BC, has killed about 1/3 rd of Athens population. From this epidemic, he observed that the survivors of plague become immune to the infection. They did not develop the infection again though they are in close contact with the affected people.
Leeuwenhoek famously known as Antony Leeuwenhoek is a popular scientist known for his works with the improvement of microscope. He is known as "father of microbiology,"
Thus, the options (a), (b), and (c) are incorrect.
Hippocrates (460-370 BC) was a Greek physician. He believed that the diseases are caused by natural forces or natural causes, but not due to supernatural forces. He is considered as "father of Western medicine."
Hence, the correct answer is
.
Historian Thucydides (460-395 BC) was a Greek philosopher and historian. The plague epidemic occurred in between 430 to 410 BC, has killed about 1/3 rd of Athens population. From this epidemic, he observed that the survivors of plague become immune to the infection. They did not develop the infection again though they are in close contact with the affected people.
Leeuwenhoek famously known as Antony Leeuwenhoek is a popular scientist known for his works with the improvement of microscope. He is known as "father of microbiology,"
Thus, the options (a), (b), and (c) are incorrect.
Hippocrates (460-370 BC) was a Greek physician. He believed that the diseases are caused by natural forces or natural causes, but not due to supernatural forces. He is considered as "father of Western medicine."
Hence, the correct answer is
.
Microbiology by Nina Parker,Mark Schneegurt ,Anh-Hue Thi Tu, Brian Forster,Philip Lister,OpenStax
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