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medicine
all about medicine from pre historic to modern day
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History
11th Grade
11/15/2012

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Prehistoric Medicine
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believed in evil spirits,blamed illness on the supernatural
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Prehistoric medicine resources
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are not reliable because there is hardly any evidence, most evidence from cave paintings or from archaeological evidence.
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prehistoric surgery
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brain surgery called trephination, stone instruments to bore a hole into the skull, to release demon spirits,treat skull fractures or remove bone splinters.
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prehistoric natural remedies mud
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using mud or bark to cover cuts and wounds, kept the cuts and wounds clean and protected
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prehistoric natural remedies herbs and plants
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used to treat coughs, colds, fevers, and treat cuts and wounds
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prehistoric natural remedies witch doctors
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used saliva and sweat to massage ill people, both of these have antiseptic properties, cleaning wounds
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prehistoric natural remedies coca plant
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the leaves when chewed relive pain
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prehistoric Anatomy cave paintings
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cave paintings showed they had some idea of what the inside of animals bodies looked like
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Greek medicine old ideas that still remain
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still believed that disease was a punishment from gods
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The theory of the four humours
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Thinkers believed that if you had too much of one humour or not enough of another then a person would fall ill.
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the four humours
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Blood, Philegm, black bile, yellow bile
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Hippocrates- father of greek medicine
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460bc-370bc, developed the theory and natural treatments, encouraged observation and recording
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Greek surgery instruments
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1200 BC use of iron and steel gave doctors stronger and sharper instruments.
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Greek surgery operations
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draining of blood from the lungs if a patient had pneumonia, successful
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Greek surgery dissection
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was not carried out because they thought it was wrong.
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Greek- Herophilus
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found out that brain controls the body,found the difference between arteries and veins,identified parts of the stomach.
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Greek- Erasistrat
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found out that the heart had four one way valves
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Galen greek anatomist
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proved brain not heart controlled body,
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