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Ancient Egyptian Approaches to Medicine Flashcards

1
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Where did Ancient Egyptians live?

A

Near the River Nile

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2
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What were the lands like?

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Fertile

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3
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What did the river supply?

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Water to the people

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4
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Where were they positioned?

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Strategic trade routes

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What could merchants do due to the trade routes?

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Import traded foods, herbs and plants with other societies

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What did the trade and fertile land mean a plentiful supply of?

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Food

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7
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What did the plentiful supply of food mean people didn’t have to do?

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Farming jobs

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8
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What did the Nile flow in?

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Streams

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9
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What was the river water used for?

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Irrigation

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What did the streams and irrigation of the Nile lead to the analogy of?

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That the body had channels that flowed like the Nile

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11
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Why did a person become ill?

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If the channels in their bodies were blocked or damaged

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12
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Why was society clean?

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Toilets
Water supplies
Washed clothes and bodies frequently

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13
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What religion were they?

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Polytheistic

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14
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What did they believe the Gods they worshipped could do?

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Control, create and cure diseases

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15
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What did priests keep records of?

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How to treat different illnesses and diseases

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16
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What did they believe in after death?

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The afterlife

17
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What did they do to ensure the body could be used in the afterlife?

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Mummify bodies

18
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What were removed during mummification?

A

Organs

19
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What did mummification help them understand?

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Human anatomy

20
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Why was dissection forbidden?

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It was damaging in the afterlife

21
Q

What were they the first to use in surgery?

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Metal instruments

22
Q

What were taken as medicine?

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Plants, food and herbs

23
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Why were there high living standards?

A

Specialist doctors

Lots of food- people could do other jobs rather than farming

24
Q

Sekhmet

A

Goddess of healing and medicine

25
Q

Serket

A

Healed stings and bites

26
Q

Isis

A

Goddess of magic and healing

27
Q

What was unknown?

A

Cause of disease

28
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What did most doctors focus on to cure illness rather than prevention?

A

Unblocking channels

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