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Evil spirits
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They used spiritual practices and herbs
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They used houny, willow bark, mold
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Heath Records
They used medical text on papyrus
Who are Physicians?
They specialized professionals, who were also called swnw.
How did they heal?
They used honey and herbs for wounds. -
Development of acupuncture
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Illness cause Nature vs. Spiritual
They believed that illness was a divine punishment. They used healing deities.
Dissection
It was a practice of human cadaveric
Hippocrates
He was also called “Father of Medicine”. He also considered medicine as a rational. -
Sanitation systems
The physicians wore death mask that had spied filled beaks.
Organized medical care
They sent medication and physicians with the armies to care for them.
Hospital development
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Why?
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The main treatment was prayer. There medication was main herbs
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Over the years millions die from Epidemics. These were the bubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis and tuberculosis.
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Universities
They started to build universities and medical schools for research
Dissection
Accepted dissection as a form form of studying the human body
Books
Started printing and publishing books to make it easier to access the knowledge from research