An early example of the implementation of epidemiologic practices is seen by
A) Egyptians' treatment of disease and care of the sick by priests
B) Hippocrates' advance of medicine in rejection of supernatural causes
C) Early Christians spreading Christian philosophy while providing nursing care to the ill
D) Israelites' practice of sanitation and food inspection
Ans: D
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