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9 Cards in this Set
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What they believed in
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Elements & evil spirits
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Characteristics
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1. Unable to write - pass medical knowledge
2. Skills & behaviour - healthy in environment 3. Nomadic - no hospitals or consistency to observe body working |
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Healers/doctors
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1. Shaman
2. Witch doctor - combine healing with spiritual functions |
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Possible types of injuries/illnesses
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1. Clubfoot
2. Leprosy 3. Cancer of the bone |
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Knowledge of body & disease
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1. Knew little
2. Knew something about bone structure 3. Knew something about flesh & inner organs of body 4. Functions of body determined by spirits 5. Illness was caused when person's spirit lost or stolen by enemy |
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Surgery
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1. Able to stitch
2. Set broken bones by encasing in mud 3. Trephined in skull to remove evil spirits |
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Diagnosis
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1. Seeing cause in trance
2. Finding cause through magical ritual |
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Treatment
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1. Spiritually - beads, magic paintings, dancing & ceremonies
2. Plants, herbs & substances |
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Public health
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1. No sewers or hospitals
2. Buried excrement away from camp (religious not health reasons) 3. No link between dirt & disease |
