Prehistoric - created from Mind Map

Surgery Trepanning To cure headaches/epilepsy by letting out evil spirits Most people survived it Never carried out on children

Anatomy Little known about the body Some knowledge from burial rituals Some knowledge from cannibalism

Public Health Unneccessary Nomadic No sewers/hospitals needed

Cause & Cure Dual Approach Supernatural Natural Charms Rituals Poking sticks Beads Magic paintings Dances Ceremonies Clay casts for broken bones Willow leaves/animal fat + bark for cut

Professional Development Witch doctors No proper doctors existed Would have combined healing with other spiritual functions Prehistoric people did not have even the concept of curing illness through medicine

Healers could have used these medicinal substances as part of their spiritual practices and, if the healing proved successful, could certainly have ascribed the success to the spirits, not to the substances they had used in the cure

bones were stripped of the flesh, bleached and buried in different piles

Prehistoric

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