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| What was the average life span for men and women of the time? |
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Definition
Men - 40 (May have dies due to hunting injuries)
Women - 20 (Mainly died in pregnancy) |
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| What would be a typical treatment for a broken leg? |
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Definition
| The leg would have been covered in mud and leaves until the mud set hard and the leg healed. The patient would most likely still walk with a limp. |
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| What kind of health problems did people of the time suffer from? |
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Definition
1.Injuries from huntiny (gashes, cannot stop bleeding, may cause infection
2.Osteoarthritis
3.Rickets (bone deformities)
4.Common cold / sore throat
5.Broken bones |
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Term
| Other than Trepanning, what other Supernatural method was used and believed to let out evil spirits? |
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Definition
| Taking the patient to see a medicine man, who would dance and sing a chant to put the patient to sleep. Then he would bend over the sick body and massage, then he would shout at the spirits to come out. |
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Term
| A common problem was Osteoarthritis. What is it and how is it caused? |
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Definition
| Osteoarthritis was painful swelling of the joints caused by pulling heavy loads. |
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Term
| What was the simple surgery used by Prehistoric doctors called? |
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Definition
| Trepanning which was believed to let out evil spirits trapped in the body through the head. |
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| How do we know about Prehistoric medicine? |
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Definition
There are no written records but there are two important sources of evidence.
1.Archaeological (Skeletons which showed surgery, height of death etc)
2. People who continued to live in the same way as their ancestors (Some tribes did not need to change their way of life) |
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| Name a natural method of treating illness and who would usually give this treatment. |
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Definition
| Herbs and plant remidies were used to treat illness and it was the women of the time who were responsible for day to day health care and to use these remidies in the partient. They were mainly used as an antiseptic and as a basis for cough medicine. |
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