Medicine
Ben Parker
How did the Egyptians learn to be a doctor?
- Attend special schools after they completed general education
- Learned the symptoms of diseases
- Learned how to treat those diseases
- Understand the organs and structure of body
- Had to know how to use pulse to determine a person’s health
How did the doctors cure the problems the Egyptians had?
- Used magic, medicine, or both
- Had many treatments
- Had treatments for tumors, eye problems, snake bites, and more
What techniques were used to help a baby be born safely and stay healthy?
- Relied on magic from the gods rather than medicine
- Relied on gods to help the mother give birth safely
- Relied on gods to protect children from diseases
- Midwife would usually attach charms to the child’s body to invoke gods
- Washed baby in Nile for protection after they are born
Image Sources:
- [Image] http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/medicine.htm. September 16, 2015. Web.
- [Image} http://piccionep.people.cofc.edu/history370/. September 16, 2015. Web.