Ancient Egypt Flashcards
1
Q
What helped them progress from prehistory?
A
The invention of writing
2
Q
What did they believe caused disease mostly?
A
Spirits
3
Q
How did believing in the afterlife help medicine?
A
Mummification made an increase in the knowledge of anatomy
4
Q
How did the afterlife NOT help?
A
Didn’t study organs
5
Q
How do we know they operated on the eye?
A
Written records
6
Q
What were Egyptian books full of?
A
Spells
7
Q
How did trade help?
A
Plants could be found as treatments
8
Q
What did Egyptians think the body was like?
A
The Nile channels.
9
Q
What did Egyptians do if channels were blocked in the body?
A
Purged them
10
Q
How did Egyptians purge channels?
A
Bleeding, defecating, vomiting
11
Q
Supernatural or Natural?
A
Supernatural
12
Q
How did doctors change?
A
They were trained
13
Q
Who cared mostly?
A
Women
