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A tribal doctor cut out a part of the cranium
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Digitalis - used to treat heart conditions.
Quinine - controls a fever and relieves muscle spasms
Belladonna and atropine - relieve muscle spasms, especially in gastrointestinal pain
morphine - treats severe pain -
Evil spirits
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they were the earliest people to keep health records and the priests were the physicians they used medicine to heal diseases, learned how to splint fractures and used blood letting.
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the ancient Chinese were the first to use primitive acupuncture therapies. They learned to treat a variety of illnesses and diseases with stone tools.
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they were the first to study the cause of diseases and to determine that illnesses may natural, rather than spiritual causes. Dissection was prohibited during ancient times.