Prehistoric Era to Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Life expectancy in prehistoric times
25-40 years
Has anti-inflammatory effect and considered as a relaxant
Chamomile
Bitter herb with astringent and anti-bleeding properties
Yarrow
Applied to wounds together with animal hide bandage strips
Herb poultices
Treatment for broken bones
Smeared clay
Used for trephining
Obsidian stones and flint flakes
Mummified body found in 1991 in European Alps
Wore leather garments, arried a knife, bow and arrow
Otzi, the iceman
A laxative with anti-parasitic properties
Piptoporus betulinus
What does otzi’s tattoos symbolize?
Symbolic therapy for pain relief
Derived from Siberian: “He or she who knows”
aka Witch doctors, medicine men, sangomas, brujo
In contact with the spirit world
Shaman
Belief system wherein herbal treatments are often combined with rituals and prayers
Shamanism
T or F: Medicine and healing is inseparable from religion during the Ancient Egypt
T
T or F: During the Ancient Egypt, physicians were like priests
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aka “He who comes in peace”
chancellor to the Pharaoh, architect of pyramids, high priest to sun god Ra
Regarded as a god; later associated with Aesculapius
Imhotep
Black Father of Medicine
Imhotep
First female doctor
aka “Beloved of the god Ptah”
Chief Physician
Merit Ptah
These were believed to provide protection and healing
Amulets
Most important ancient document in anatomical and surgical treatment
15 ft in length
Edwin Smith papyrus
During mummification, this organ is the first one to be removed because it is believed that it has no value in afterlife
Brain
Proposed that the body is full of channels; you become ill if these channels are blocked
Channel Theory
