The nursing student has an adequate grasp of nursing history when stating that after the fall of the Roman Empire, the knowledge of health practice was primarily preserved by
a. English monks in cloistered buildings.
b. Jewish physicians who could translate into Latin.
c. Roman priests who practiced medicine.
d. Fortuna, who practiced midwifery.
B
Any medical and health care knowledge that survived the dark period of history was preserved primarily by the Jewish physicians who translated the Greek and Roman works. English monks, Roman priests, and Fortuna did not assist in the preservation of health practice knowledge after the fall of the Roman Empire.
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