2000+BC+-+Egyptian+Medicine

2000 BC - Egyptian Medicine 2000 BC - Egyptian Medicine
 * Spells and magical potions were used to drive out the spirits.
 * Also had a god who would frighten away evil spirits.
 * The papyri give details on [|disease], [|diagnosis], and remedies of disease, which include herbal remedies, surgery, and magical spells.
 * Early Egyptian medicine was based mostly on a mixture of magic and religious spells.
 * The illnesses were thought to be caused by spiteful behavior or actions.
 * (Medical Marihuana) was used by the ancient Egyptians in their medicines.
 * Cannabis seeds for emulsions to be used to relieve the effects of gonorrhea.
 * In ancient Egypt, medicine and religion were intertwined and many priests were also physicians.
 * Diseases of the time included arthritis, kidney stones, gallstones and tooth decay, as well as hookworm.
 * Physical medicines such as herbs were mostly expected to assuage the pain only, while magic effected the cure.

The role that science played in 2000 BC Egyptian time was to help find medicine and cures for illnesses. The impact of medicine on society during 2000 B.C. was that they brought in the earliest physician practice.





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