The ________ century saw many of the intellectual advances that set the stage for the present phase of cultural change, with the causes of many diseases being recognized, and the principles of public health being established.

A. fifteenth
B. seventeenth
C. eighteenth
D. fourteenth
E. sixteenth


Answer: C

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