Statement I: In The Birth of the Clinic, the French Revolution created the grounds for the birth of the clinic. Statement II: Doctors came to care for the body as priests had cared for the soul.

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

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Correct answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Foucault (1963): revolutionary reforms opened the hospital to the 'medical gaze', and the doctor became a secular priest of the body.