History of Medicine - Mitchell

By BorahAT
  • 4000-3000 BC Primitive Times
    4000 BCE

    4000-3000 BC Primitive Times

    • Illness and diseases were caused by evil spirits and demons or a punishment from the Gods
    • Tribal witch doctors treated illness with ceremonies
    • Herbs and plants used as medicines (morphine and digitalis) *Trepanation or trephining (surgically removing a piece of bone from the skull)
    • Average life span was 20 years

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