the egyptians took ot the majority of ypur organs and put them in jars in preparation for afterlife. they left your heart.
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how did embalming advance medicine?
it meant they had an understanding of where abouts things were in the body even if they did'nt know what they did
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why did the egyptians believe in embalming?
religion
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how did the river nile and farming help advance medicine?
the egyptians farmed nby the river seeing as it flooded and ade the land fertile. this helped them tio improve medical carebecause they believed there viens were blocked when they were ill, like the channels in the river. it's a natural explanation
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how did wealth affect medicine?
wealth meant that they could pay for specalist doctors called physician who spent there lives trying to improve the understanding of medicineand health. furthermore doctors could buy fine metal tools which helped improve surgery
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how did trade improve medicines?
ships from africa, china and india came down the river Nile. they held a wide range of herbs which meant more medicinmes could be made.
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why did improved writing help advance medicine?
improvement in writing meant that they wereable to record what they found out so others could use the information-it wasn't lost.
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what's papyrus?
first kind of paper in Egypt which was wrote on to record medical advancements.
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who treated the sick?
1) docors-gave medicine 2) priests-prayed to Gods such as Imhotep 3) women (wives)-made herbal remedies and followed superstitions
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what did they know about the body?
they new were the organs were and could identify the heart, blood, brain, lungs, liver, and pulse but didn't understand what they did.
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what did they think caused illness?
they thought blocked channels in the viens caused disease. rotting food was preventing the blood flow.
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how did they prevent illness?
they had fish nets to keep mosquitoes off at night, they started to wash hands and plates, priests shaved their body to stop lice.
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how did they treat illness?
they used herbs, charms and surgery
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what did the Egyptians know about the causes of disease?
channels(viens)lead from the heart and they new they normally carried blood, air and water. they believed disease was caused by undigested food rotting in the bowels. they thought rotting food let off gases which seeped along the channels causing dis
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what did they use for disease in the bladder?
rotten bread
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how did embalming advance medicine?
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it meant they had an understanding of where abouts things were in the body even if they did'nt know what they did
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why did the egyptians believe in embalming?
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how did the river nile and farming help advance medicine?
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