Medicine through time- Prehistory 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEOCR Created by: Former MemberCreated on: 24-03-14 12:59 Prehistoric peoples... May have known little about the inner workings of the body 1 of 16 Prehistoric burials... Suggest that people of that time knew about bone structure 2 of 16 We can presume that prehistoric people knew about the flesh and inner organs of the body because archaeologists have found evidence of... Cannibalism 3 of 16 What is 'animism'? The belief that spirits live in inanimate things 4 of 16 Trephining is... Removing a portion of a person's skull. 5 of 16 Archaeological evidence of trephining in prehistoric times... Suggests that prehistoric surgeons tried to remove evil spirits 6 of 16 What evidence can prove that prehistoric surgeons were able to perform trephining operations successfully? The skull re-grew. 7 of 16 Prehistoric peoples... May have known and used medicinal plants and substances. 8 of 16 Native American shamans of the 19th century knew of... more than 100 medicinal plants and substances. 9 of 16 What was a 'shaman'? a kind of prehistoric priest 10 of 16 What is 'public health'? Health facilities run by the government 11 of 16 Why did prehistoric people not develop public health systems? They were nomadic 12 of 16 Australian Aborigines buried their excrement far from their camp... But they did this for religious reasons, not medical reasons 13 of 16 Prehistoric peoples... Probably did not know that there is a link between dirt and disease 14 of 16 Who delivered medical services in prehistoric times, as far as we know? Witchdoctors 15 of 16 What - according to the dictionary - is a doctor? A public practitioner whose ability to heal is recognised by the general community 16 of 16
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