Asclepius, the Greek physician,
A. believed in or advocated the supernatural causes of, and cures for, disease.
B. followed, Imhotep's foot steps and taught medicine in the old University of Alexandria during the Ptolemaic reign in Egypt
C. wrote De contagione et contagiosis morbis et curatione. In it he described numerous contagious diseases and the means by which contagion can be spread.
D. propagated the hypothesis that poisonous vapor or mist made up of particles from decomposing material, caused disease
E. believed in or advocated that diseases had natural causes, e.g., "The Four Humor Theory", and that they could be cured by rational methods.
Ans: A. believed in or advocated the supernatural causes of, and cures for, disease.
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