Prehistoric Medicine Summary (OCR A - Medicine through time - GCSE)
This is a simple spider diagram of Prehistoric Medicine before Egyptians times. It includes virtually all you need to know for the exam in the Prehistoric section , if there is a question on it.
- Created by: Anthony
- Created on: 26-03-13 19:43
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- Prehistoric Medicine
- hunter-gatherers
- Life expectancy 19-25 very low
- They were nomadic and moved around all the time
- No written language so could not properly record findings
- Supernatural Explanations
- Evil Spirits - accidentally entering the human body
- People putting a curse on others and making bad spirits enter the body
- People losing their own spirits - usually because of a curse
- Super Natural Treatments
- Chanting/dancing into a trance-like state , sometimes. and the medicine man would go into a trance to get rid of spirits
- Charms given to people to ward off evil spirits
- Herbal remedies
- Trephining - boring a hole into the skull to ward off evil spirits (95% death rate within 3years)
- Herbal Remedies
- Plains Indians used squaw root to relax uterus during childbirth
- Form of aspirin used to act as a painkiller/relieve inflammation
- Treatments of injuries - mud/splints of wood to mend broken bones.
- hunter-gatherers
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