History of Medicine - Your Name

  • Primitive Times
    4000 BCE

    Primitive Times

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

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