Uncover the Secrets of Ancient Medicine
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Which physician is known as the father of medicine?

  • Polyuria
  • Hindu physician
  • Galen
  • Hippocrates (correct)

What did Hippocrates describe as the four humors (body fluids)?

  • Phlegm, blood, yellow bile, black bile (correct)
  • The relationship between fluid intake and urine volume
  • The sweet taste of diabetic urine
  • Diabetes as diarrhea of urine

What was the practice of examining urine and its varying colors, consistency, smell, and taste called?

  • Diabetes
  • Hindu physician
  • Polyuria
  • Uroscopy (correct)

When did Hippocrates and Galen make their rudimentary and qualitative assessment of disorder through measurement of body fluids?

<p>300 BC – 180 AD (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Galen describe diabetes as?

<p>Diarrhea of urine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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