Hippocrates and the Greeks and Romans of his time believed that emotional stability was influenced by:
a. family interaction
b. sin, God, and the devil
c. blood, bile, and phlegm
d. sloth and wastefulness
C
The Greek and Roman cultures developed the idea of "humors": blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Hippocrates believed that excesses of black bile caused melancholy. Through bloodletting, the excess could be removed. This was a primitive treatment of mental illness.
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