An old woman became almost totally blind from a disease of the eyes. After consulting a doctor, she made an agreement with him in the presence of witnesses that she would pay him a liphet fee if he need her. However, if he failed, he would teceive nothing. The doctor prescribed a course of treatment and visited her on a segular basis to apply ointment to her eyes With each visit, lie took away with him some article from the house, until at last, when he visited her for the last time and the news complete the was nothing left. When the old woman saw that the house was empty, she refused to pay him his fee. After repeated to on her past, be sued her before the magistrates for payment of her debt. On being brought into court, she was ready with her defense. "The claimant," she said, "has stated the facts about our agreement correctly. I promised to pay hum a fee if he cuced me, and be, on his pan, promised to charge nothing if he failed. Now, he says I am cured; but I say that I am blinder than ever, and I can prove what I ay When my eyes wete bad, I could see well enough to know that my house contained a certain amount of furniture and other things But now, when according to him I am cured, I am entirely unable to see anything these at all."

S.RL.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings, analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including allusions to other texts, repetition of words and phrases, and analogies

What does the word prescribed man as it is used in the text

A.wrote down ahead of time

B.Wrote directions

C.advised a medical treatment

d.imposed rules