Ancient Egypt (Medicine)

Question 1

Name two Natural Treatments used during the Ancient Egyptian time period

Answer 1

• They used bloodletting, purging and vomiting to unblock channels when people became ill
• Medical procedures included diet plans (as they were aware that diet was important)

Question 2

Name the Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Belief

Answer 2

• They believed that Gods could cure/cause disease

Question 3

Name two Ancient Egyptian ways of treating patients

Answer 3

• Priests kept books (containing treatments+spells)

- Opium was used to drive away evil spirits. (Opium is still used today)

Question 4

What did Ancient Egyptians believe about Mummification and dead bodies ?

Answer 4

• They preserved bodies through mummification
• They believed that destroying someone’s body meant they wouldn’t go to the afterlife
  therefore. ..experimental dissection wasn’t allowed (which limited their amount of knowledge)

Question 5

Who were the first to have doctors and what did these doctors actually do?

Answer 5

The Egyptians.

Doctors actually looked at their patients through diagnosis.

Question 6

What was Ancient Egyptian hygiene like?

Answer 6

• They bathed, shaved their heads and had toilets
• They regularly changed their clothes

(Cleanliness was massively valued)

Question 7

Name two Natural Egyptian beliefs

Answer 7

• Some believed the body was full of channels (like the River Nile)
• If the channels in your body were blocked you became ill