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Evil spirits, we believed we got sick because evil spirits attacked us.
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They were superstitious and called upon the God to heal them. They used medicine to heal diseases and learned the art of splinting fractures.
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Digitalis comes from the foxglove plant, Quinine comes from the bark of the cinchona tree, Belladonna and atropine are made from the poisonous nightshade plant, and Morphine is made from the opioid poppy.
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Egyptians were the earliest people to keep accurate health records. Physicians are priests who acted as them. And thy healed by using medicines to heal diseases, learned the art of splinting fractures and treated disorders by bloodletting with the use of leeches.
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These early medical pioneers learned to treat a variety of illness and disease with stone tools. Their methods eventually developed into the advanced practice of Chinese Acupuncture.
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The Roman’s create da mask which had a spice-filled beak, which the Romans believed protected them from infection and bad odors. The Romans were the first to organize medical care. Roman physicians kept a room in their houses for the ill. This was the beginning of hospitals.
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They were the first to determine that illnesses may have natural, rather than spiritual causes. Religious custom did not allow bodies to be dissected. Hippocrates based his knowledge of anatomy and physiology on observation of the external body.