Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Egyptian medicine
- Disease and Infection
- The channel theory
- Illness was caused by blocked
channels in the body and the
46 channels sourced led from
the heart, which they believed
was the main organ.
- Treatments used
- Disinfectant-
Honey and
Malachite
- For vomiting- Mustard seeds and mint
- Surgery and Anatomy
- Mummification allowed them to
inspect vital organs and have a
vague idea of what their uses were.
- Other wise they wouldn't
have any idea becuase of
religious reasons.
- Bronze tools
were stronger
and sharper
than in the
prehistoric.
- Public Health
- Hygine had
religious
significance
so it was very
good.
- Individuals kept themselves clean
- Some toilets
- Toilets were boxes
with holes made out of
limestone but poor
people's were made out
of wood.
- Had to be emptied manually
- No sewers
- Goverment
- None
- Religion
- Encouraged
cleanliness, gave
them knowledge of
the body through
mummification but
also held them back,
wore mosquito nets
round their bed,
shaved their heads
(kept away nits)
Wore eyeliner which
protected their eyes.
- Chance
- They learnt
about the
body through
mummification
- Individual
genius
- None
- Science and technology
- Developed
a kind of
paper
- Stronger sharper bronze
tools that improved surgery
- War
- None
- Hieroglyphics were important because they
allowed ideas to be passed down to future
generations and allowed them to communicate
and share their medical knowledge.