SHORT LIVES- bones show few men reached 40, fewer women reached 40, death in child birth. PAIN- no antibiotics or other type of painkillers, skeletons show pain in joints, tooth abcesses. FITNESS- very active, lived outside, no tooth decay, no sugar.
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Prehistoric cause of death...
DISEASE- couldnt stop spreading especially in babies & kids, INFECTIONS- cut finger leads to blood poisoning and death. WARFARE- killed in war, poverty & starvation if defeated. FAMINE- weakened children & women, skeletons show lack of ion, poor diet
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Prehistoric treatments for illness & injurys (What)...
HERBS & PLANTS- treat sickness, passed recipies through genirations. CHARMS- to ward off evil spririts that caused illness.
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Prehistoric Surgery...
BROKEN BONES- were encased in mud, left to harden, like a plaster cast. TREPHINING- cutting a hole in the skull, cure severe headaches, ease swelling after skull injuries, release evil spirits causing pain & illness, some evidence people suvived it!
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Prehistoric treaters of illness & injurys (Who)...
MEDICINE MAN- powerful, understood and deal with spirits. WOMEN- day to day health care, used herbs, passed on remidies
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Prehistoric Public Health...
NONE
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Prehistoric knowledge & ideas...
NONE
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Eygptian Lifestyle...
WEALTH- well established lives, buy/trade herbs/spices. FARMING- river nile, when flooded provided fertile land, lots of food. RELIGION- beleived in afterlife, preservation of the body, organs removed. WRITING- could record and develop others ideas.
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Egyptian treatments for illness and injurys (What)...
HERBS- honey & malachite(stops bacteria growing), spices ect. MAGIC & CHARMS- ward off evil spirits and Gods. FISHING NETS- used as mosquito nets. HYGEINE- washing regularly, washing cups/bowls, clean food. GODS- be religious, god will cure you.
DOCTORS- rich employed to look after them, improved understanding of medicine & health. PHYSICIANS- like doctors. GODS- sekhmet godess of war caused & cured epidemics. PREISTS- some were also doctors. WOMEN- female physicians & mothers.
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Egyptian Public Health...
TOILETS & BATHES- people took pride over there apperance and cleanliness. MOSQUITO NETS- no bites (didnt know about diease from them). PREISTS- had to keep super clean, clothes, cups, body. *Used cleanliness to appeal to gods not to prevent disease*
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Egyptian knowledge & ideas...
ORGANS- heart,pulse,liver,brain,lungs,blood,not functions. CHANNELS- channels lead from heart, carry blood,air,water. ROTTEN FOOD- undigested caused diease in bowels, release gas and travel along channels cause disease in diff places stops blood flow
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Card 2
Front
DISEASE- couldnt stop spreading especially in babies & kids, INFECTIONS- cut finger leads to blood poisoning and death. WARFARE- killed in war, poverty & starvation if defeated. FAMINE- weakened children & women, skeletons show lack of ion, poor diet
Back
Prehistoric cause of death...
Card 3
Front
HERBS & PLANTS- treat sickness, passed recipies through genirations. CHARMS- to ward off evil spririts that caused illness.
Back
Card 4
Front
BROKEN BONES- were encased in mud, left to harden, like a plaster cast. TREPHINING- cutting a hole in the skull, cure severe headaches, ease swelling after skull injuries, release evil spirits causing pain & illness, some evidence people suvived it!
Back
Card 5
Front
MEDICINE MAN- powerful, understood and deal with spirits. WOMEN- day to day health care, used herbs, passed on remidies
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