NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
What is the definition of health?
Options
- AAbsence of disease
- BPhysical fitness
- CState of complete physical, mental and social well-being
- DMental stability
Correct answer
C. State of complete physical, mental and social well-being
Step-by-step solution
:Early Greeks and Indian Ayurveda system of medicine believed that a person's health was determined by the balance of certain "humors" in the body, and that persons with "black bile" belonged to hot personality and would have fevers. William Harvey disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health by discovering the blood circulation and demonstrating normal body temperature in persons with black bile using a thermometer. According to biology, the mind influences health through the neural and endocrine systems, which