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In the seventeenth century, physicians did not do many autopsies. Why?

A. The law required physicians pay a high fee for the bodies.

B. Physicians were afraid that they would catch whatever killed the person.

C. Defacing a dead body was against their religious beliefs and cultural norms.

D. Physicians were afraid that they would anger the gods.

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The answer to this is C
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