Why was there little progress in pre- historic medicine?
Government: No settled Government,Nomadic Lifestyle,planning intervention or funding was therefore not possible.
Economy:Hunter gatherer communities,subsistence economy only.
Technology:primitive tools only flints and arrow heads only.
Religion:belief in spirit world,Goods spirits cause good things and bad cause things such as disease.Natural explanations were not sought,supernatural cures:trepanning,charms and spells of medicine man
Communications:No written language,communication by word of mouth only,Ideas restricted to a narrow circle.
Education:No schools, No record of prior knowledge, skills and knowledge passed on in oral tradition,No written language.
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