No forms of Public Health, If they messed up one place they would move (nomadic)
Dual Approach to Cause
Natural- Broken Bones caused by force on the bone
Supernatural- Headaches caused by spirits trapped in the skull
Dual Approach to Cure
Natural- Cuts were covered with animal fat and bound with kangaroo skin, Stomach Pains were cured by chewing orchid bulbs, Burns were treated with tree sap, Broken arms set with mud
Supernatural- Medicine Man would sing and chant to lure the spirit out of a sick person, Charms ward off evil spirits
Anatomy and Physiology- They knew where everything was from hunting and cutting things up but, they didn't know what the organs did
Surgery- Trephanning, they drilled a hole in the skull to release trapped spirits
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