Medicine
Mark Cunningham
1st Main idea: When did they Egyptians start using medicine?
- Around the old kingdom because one of the first doctors was the doctor for a pharaoh during the old kingdom time period.
- Practiced medicine for hundreds of years.
- Doctors attended special school.
- They had to complete general education.
2nd Main idea: Why did they Egyptians think that magic would cure diseases and illnesses?
- They thought that magic spells would drive the “worms” out of their patient’s bodies.
- Doctors had prescriptions of different magic/medicine for each illness
- They often used plants and herbs for the “magic”
- They would treat the injuries but
3rd Main idea: Why did they think that the gods were helping the most for areas related to child birth?
- The Egyptians thought that they would help the mother through the childbirth and help the child not get any illnesses.
- Relied more about the gods then magic in childbirth.
- They had several gods to look over the mother and her baby during and after childbirth.
- They prayed, charms, and spells were used to protect the mother and the baby from illnesses.
- The main god of child birth was Taweret.
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