Hippocrates maintained that mental illness was __________.
A) caused by supernatural forces
B) only in the mind of the beholder
C) curable through exorcism
D) caused by imbalances of vital body fluids

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Hippocrates believed that mental illness was caused by imbalances of the four vital body fluids or humors - blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. This theory dominated Western medical thought for centuries.

Hippocrates Maintained That Mental Illness Was __________