Medicine In Prehistoric Times

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  • Prehistoric Times
    • Treatments
      • Natural
        • Plants
          • e.g Willow Bark = antispetic
          • Based on smell - strong
        • Clay used to set broken bones, e.g limbs
      • Supernatural
        • Shamans.
        • Used charms and spells.
        • Trephinnig, hole in skull, some patients survived, bone regrowth.
    • Define
      • Before written records.
    • Key terms
      • Nomadic
      • Supernatural Causes
      • Aborigines
      • Religion very important.
      • Shamans.
      • Trephinning
    • Causes
      • Spiritual.
    • Medical Knowledge
      • Orally built
        • They were nomadic,
      • Couldn't write
      • Discovered by chance.
      • Study skeletons, aborgines, etc.

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