Medicine through time - prehistory and Egyptian medicine
- Created by: amy mckibben
- Created on: 29-05-13 16:37
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- Medicine
- Prehistory
- no record of treatment, progress=slow
- trephining - drilled holes into skull to release evil spirits = some died, some survived
- cave paintings - shows their belief in the spiritual world
- mostly hunter gatherers
- evacuation of buriels shows attitude to human remains
- fine and delicate stone has been found = surgery was feasible
- any explanation of illnesses was based on evil spirits
- new theories about disease, vomiting with laxatives recommended to clear blockages
- use of common sense ideas such as mosquito nests and splints for fractures
- codes of hygiene for the priests (shaving body, washing daily)
- Egyptian
- Able to write and collect findings, test and make notes whether it had been a medical success - changed the way surgery and medicine worked
- believed that their gods controlled illnesses
- shared the belief with prehistoric period that diseases were caused by evil spirits
- a mixture of old and new ideas
- supernatural explanations and magical remedies
- Doctors and priests beginning to see illnesses in a different way
- new discoveries about physiology and anatomy resulting from embalming the head
- dissection still officially forbidden
- examination and diagnosis recommended by some
- herbs and drugs used widely - many imported from abroad
- simple surgery practised (removal of cysts and lumps
- to cure them they would use charms, magic and turning to the gods for help
- mummification process advanced them
- Embalmed dead bodies in order to preserve them
- involved cutting out the organs that would rot inside the body
- further dissection of the body wasn't allowed = understanding of anatomy was limited by the religion
- the papyri that archaeologists have discovered (Papyrus Edwin Smith) suggests that they had good knowledge of anatomy to perform minor surgery
- Prehistory
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