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this passage is adapted from hippocratess on ancient medicine, written c 450 - 400 bc. it is translated here by w. h. s. jones in hippocrates collected works i, published by harvard university press in 1888.
the art of medicine would never have been discovered to begin with, nor would any medical research have been conducted - for there would have been no need for medicine - if sick men had profited by the same mode of living and regimen as the food, drink and mode of living of men in health, and if there had been no other things for the sick better than these. but the fact is that sheer necessity has caused men to seek and to find medicine, because sick men did not, and do not, profit by the same regimen as do men in health. to trace the matter yet further back, i hold that not even the mode of living and nourishment yet enjoyed at the present time by men in health would have been discovered; had a man been satisfied with the same food and drink as satisfy an ox, a horse, and every animal save man, for example the products of the earth - fruits, wood and grass. for these they are nourished, grow, and live without pain, having no need at all of any other kind of living.
yet i am of the opinion that to begin with man also used this sort of nourishment. our present ways of living have, i think, been discovered and elaborated during a long period of time. for many men suffered and were the victims of men - strong and brutish and terrible - the sufferings of men from strong and violent diseases.

1. the author would likely agree that men discovered medicine because

a) a healthy man has to find ways to stay healthy
b) healthy men are not always healthy
c) sick men always die from disease
d) a sick man must be treated differently than a healthy man

1. which lines in the passage best support the answer to the previous question?

a) paragraph 1, sentence 2 ( but... health)
b) paragraph 1, sentence 3 ( the... )
c) paragraph 2, sentence 1 ( for this... )
d) paragraph 3, sentence 1 ( for many... )

1. the author considers healthy foods to be those that

a) possess strong qualities
b) contain strong regulations
c) agree with the constitution of man
d) resolve the most serious of the words ills

1. in paragraph 3, sentence 3, the word uncompounded most closely means

Explanation:

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The passage suggests that medicine was discovered because sick men had to find ways to get better as they couldn't profit from the same regimen as healthy men. A healthy man has no need to seek new ways to stay well, so medicine was discovered out of necessity for the sick.

The line "But the fact is that sheer necessity has caused men to seek and to find medicine" in Paragraph 1, Sentence 3 supports the idea that medicine was discovered due to the needs of the sick, which is the reasoning for the answer in question 11.

The passage mentions that healthy foods are those that have been discovered over time and satisfy men in the same way as the food and drink that healthy men enjoy, which implies they agree with the constitution of men.

Answer:

A. A healthy man has no need to find ways to stay well.

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