Prehistoric medicine evidence

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  • Created on: 16-03-13 21:28
What do we mean by Prehistoric?
The word used to describe the period before history was recorded, strating around 500,000 years ago.
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What type of evidence tells us about disease?
Skeletons - show that people suffered from some of the same diseases people suffer from today e.g. bone cancer.
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What type of evidence tells us about surgery?
Trephining which is a surgical procedure that involves cutting out a piece of a person's skull. Evidence of trephining has been found in prehistoric skulls from all over the world.
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What type of evidence tells about medicine?
Cave paintings show men that are believed (by historians) to be medicine men.
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What is the problem with evidence to do with disease?
Only skeletons remain so we cannot find out about diseases found in the flesh or organs.
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What is the problem with evidence to do with surgery?
Although evidence of trephining exists, we cannot be sure why it was used.
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What is the problem with evidence to do with medicine?
Cave paintings appear to show 'medicine men' but do not prove that they or their practices actually existed.
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Why is it difficult to prove what prehistoric people thought caused illness?
No written evidence exists so we cannot be sure exactly what prehistoric people thought about the cause or treatment of illness.
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What is the name given to prehistoric people?
nomads - they didn't settle, they were hunter gatherers and only had primitive technology.
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How did they cure broken bones?
they set them back in the right place with mud or clay
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What happened if something didnt have an obvious physical explanation?
It was attributed to spirits which had either left or entered the patients body and made them sick.
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