According to Hippocrates, Old Age Had Five Substages

Multiple Choice

According to Hippocrates, old age had five substages. The second substage, 'Green', from 65 to 75, was described as:

A) a person is gaining wisdom and maturity, yet also has reasonably good health and physical power.
B) a person is beginning to show signs of physical decline but, ideally, can maintain activity while enjoying a certain social respect accorded to venerability.
C) a period of senility and painful infirmity from which death provides a welcome relief.
D) a person is definitely becoming physically frail and should begin to withdraw gracefully from social life.