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Witch doctors used to cure illness
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Trepanation or trephining
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Herbs and plants used as medicines
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Illness and diseases were a punishment from the gods
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Lifespan 20 years
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Used Bloodletting leeches
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physicians were priests
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Ancient Egyptians embalmed people to preserve them
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Imhotep introduced the idea of disease being natural
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Lifespan 20 years
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Believed sickness was a result of your yin and yang being out if balance
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Knew that exercise and eating well led to good health
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Life expectancy 25 years
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The ancient Greeks believed that mental and physical health were interrelated
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Life span 25-35 years
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Used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment
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Hippocrates introduced many health concepts and ideas
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Cauterization
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acupuncture
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