Medicine thru time

Question 1

how many estimated healers are tehre in South Africa?

Answer 1

200 000

Question 2

what are the 2 main types of traditional healers?

Answer 2

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐚
They believe their able to access advice and guidance from their ancestors by throwing bones or by interpreting dreams
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬
They perform rituals by burning plants, dancing chanting and playing drums
they’ll often give their patients muti medicine which is often made from minerals, herbs and animals muti medicine has powerful symbolism e.g. lion fat is thought to give children courage

Question 3

Before Anesthetics what did doctors do?

Answer 3

Doctors were able to make their patients sleepy but they still hadent found a good way to control the pain the patient felt, Doctors had to finish operations as quickly as possible so their patients didnt bleed to death btu this meant they didnt work carefully