Prehistoric Medicine
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- Created on: 07-05-14 13:37
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- Prehistoric Medicine
- Archaeology and Medicine
- Indications that they believed in a spiritual world
- Illness was blamed on evil spirits
- They were mostly nomadic hunters
- Gatherings of family groups would've allowed ideas to be shared
- Lack of writing and big gatherings would have made medical progress slow
- Some tools made of stone and flint have been found, showing there was some kind of surgery
- Main kind of surgery was trephining
- Some bodies showed that some people did survive trephining
- There was no writing so there is nothing to say what they believed
- Ancient Health and Beliefs
- According to evidence the setting of broken bones was used
- As well as bandaging
- Witch Doctors, Shamans and Medicine Men
- Said to be able to cure and inflict disease
- Preventative methods like rituals and sacrifices were used to ward off evil spirits
- According to evidence the setting of broken bones was used
- Archaeology and Medicine
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