Surgery and Anatomy- Prehistoric World
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- Created on: 14-03-17 18:00
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- The Prehistoric World
- Limited knowledge of the human body and the tools they had
- There is some evidence of successful procedures
- Trepanning- would cut holes in the skull in order to let out bad spirits with they believed caused headaches.
- Used splints to stabilise Brocken bones allowing them to heal naturally
- Some prehistoric people performed amputations which the patient survived.
- people were able to control bleeding and infection to some degree
- Basic knowledge of anatomy
- Cave paintings show animals being speared through the hear- understood it was an important organ
- Attacks from wild beasts would have caused serious injuries, allowing people to gain some knowledge of the human body.
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