MEDICINE THROUGH TIME - Ancient Egyptians
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- Created on: 02-02-17 16:31
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- Ancient Medicine 1
- Attitudes
- Egyptians valued cleanliness
- They shaved regularly
- They bathed regularly
- changed clothes frequently
- Trade
- There was a lot of trade in Egypt, where they got metal from which they made medical instruments
- communicatio
- Priests kept the 'Book of Thoth' which was where they wrote all accepted treatment and spells
- Used Papyrus to write observations down
- the instructions were very exact in this book to avoid mistakes being made
- shows observation and diagnosis taking place
- Priests kept the 'Book of Thoth' which was where they wrote all accepted treatment and spells
- Theory
- blocked channels caused disease
- when the river Nile was blocked in an area, the crops would die and so would the cattle, and so when a channel was blocked in the body, it became ill.
- treatments - purging, vomiting, and bleeding to unblock channels
- when the river Nile was blocked in an area, the crops would die and so would the cattle, and so when a channel was blocked in the body, it became ill.
- blocked channels caused disease
- government
- Pharaohs had specialist doctors so that they wouldn't die because of disease
- first specialist doctors in history
- Pharaohs had specialist doctors so that they wouldn't die because of disease
- Science and Technology
- trepanning still used
- metal instruments used from trade
- religion
- amulets and charms still used
- still believed that evil gods and spirits caused disease
- amulets and charms still used
- Attitudes
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