GCSE History- Egyptian medicine OCR
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- Egyptian Medicine
- FACTORS ENABLING MEDICAL PROGRESS
- WRITING
- First type of written evidence= papyrus. Records were hieroglyphic.
- Affects medicine as remedies and records were kept. Written evidence. Doctors could diagnose. Gives patient medical background which can be passed on to other physicians.
- First type of written evidence= papyrus. Records were hieroglyphic.
- THE NILE & FARMING
- Channel Theory- Nat. idea of what caused illness.
- Affects medicine- Egyptians looked at Nile as source of life. Thought body was made up of channels like Nile. If channel in Nile was blocked, you would be ill
- Egyptian farmland good for growing crops
- Channel Theory- Nat. idea of what caused illness.
- RELIGION
- Goddess of healing- Sekhmet. Supernatural belief for disease. Dissection= forbidden
- Affects medicine- Thought Sekhmet could heal or cause disease
- Mummificati-on
- Affects medicine- Know where organs are in body. Preserved body better
- Goddess of healing- Sekhmet. Supernatural belief for disease. Dissection= forbidden
- TRADE
- Had trade links with India, Africa and China.
- Traded crops for jewellery and vice versa
- Affects medicine- Traded Egyptian goods for herbs= herbal remedies= treatment for disease= NATURAL
- Traded crops for jewellery and vice versa
- Built ships to buy and sell in other countries.
- WEALTH
- Trade and farming= money
- Powerful rulers
- Farmers
- Wealthy country
- Lead to various improvements in medicine.
- Trade and farming= money
- Had trade links with India, Africa and China.
- SPECIALIST DOCTORS
- AKA Physicians. Pharaoh had many doctors for diff. parts of his body. Affordable to only rich.
- Affects medicine- Doctors looked for new cures. Kept written records= notes of patients written down= passed onto future Physicians.
- AKA Physicians. Pharaoh had many doctors for diff. parts of his body. Affordable to only rich.
- WRITING
- WHAT THEY THOUGHT CAUSED DISEASE
- SUPERNAT-URAL
- Sekhmet- Could cure and cause disease
- NATURAL
- Channel Theory
- Channels blocked= ill person
- Channel Theory
- SUPERNAT-URAL
- TREATMENTS
- NATURAL
- Herbal remedies- rotten bread to cure bladder problem
- Massaging and ointments
- Honey and garlic
- SUPERNAT-URAL
- Prayer
- Charms
- Spells
- SURGERY
- Trephinning- Drill holes in skull to let out evil spirits- supernatural- thought evil spirits caused disease.
- Bone setting
- NATURAL
- PREVENTATI-VE MEDICINE
- Hygiene Code
- Wash thrice a day, shave, change and wash clothes, bathe twice.
- Charms
- Hygiene Code
- WHO DID THEY GO TO?
- Specialist doctors
- Priests
- Goddess Sekhmet
- FACTORS ENABLING MEDICAL PROGRESS
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