Medicine Through Time - Prehistoric Surgery and Doctors

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What simple surgery could they do?
Stitch up wounds, encase broken bones in mud and trepanning.
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What is Trepanning?
Drilling a hole in the head to let out evil spirits (headaches)
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What didn't they link?
That you can cause illness by taking medication.
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What did Witch-doctors do?
Combined healing with other spiritual functions.
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The knowledge we have today is...(better/worse)
Better.
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

What is Trepanning?

Back

Drilling a hole in the head to let out evil spirits (headaches)

Card 3

Front

What didn't they link?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

What did Witch-doctors do?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The knowledge we have today is...(better/worse)

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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