In the seventeenth century, physicians and other scientists did not routinely perform autopsies. which statement best illustrates the cause and effect? physicians did not have the tools to do autopsies; therefore, they were not able to practice their surgical skills on the dead. at this time, it was considered culturally unacceptable to deface the dead; therefore, physicians did not know much about internal anatomy. physicians were not curious about the inside of the human body; therefore, they did not investigate after death. at this time, disease was rampant; therefore, physicians were hesitant to cut into the dead for fear of catching the disease that killed the person.

Ahusband who believed that his wife was having an affair with his brother hired an arsonist to burn down the brother's house. they planned for the husband to take his brother to a ballgame so that the arsonist would be able to set the house on fire without detection. after the husband and brother left for the ballgame, however, the arsonist decided to abandon the plan and immediately left town without doing anything further. when the husband returned from the ballgame with the brother, he saw the house still standing and blurted out what was supposed to have happened. the husband and the arsonist were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson. at the arsonist's trial, his attorney argued that he was innocent of the conspiracy because he decided not to go ahead with the plan, and nothing criminal had in fact occurred.at common law, how should a jury find the arsonist? a not guilty of conspiracy, because going to a ballgame is not a criminal overt act.b not guilty of conspiracy, because the husband, not the arsonist, committed the overt act.c guilty, because the husband executed his part of the plan.d guilty, because the arsonist agreed to set the brother's house on fire.