Ancient Egyptian medicne
- Created by: Caitlin_Ward
- Created on: 29-05-17 17:37
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- Ancient Egypt
- ideas about disease.
- natural
- theory of the blocked channels
- idea came from looking at the river nile
- vomiting, purging and bleeding to unblock channels
- theory of the blocked channels
- supernatural
- sekhmet
- goodness of war-could cause and cure disease
- used amulets, charms and rituals to avoid and cure illness
- sekhmet
- natural
- factors affecting Egyptian medicine.
- communi-cation
- first writing- able to write down theories and share with others.
- travel to other countries to share ideas and get herbs etc. from other countries.
- religion
- embalming and mummification meant they could identify organs but didn't know what they did
- extracted soft organs e.g. the brain then dried and covered in salt.
- communi-cation
- public health
- bathed, shaved heads and had toilets that had to be emptied manually.
- ideas about disease.
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