The History Of Medicine
Beginning of paper
is like a huge puzzle, and it has taken
many tortuous and gruesome routes to try to fit the pieces together. It
has gone from ancient myths that attempted to explain disease to the great
capabilities of today's medicine.
The first crude forms of medicine go back to prehistoric man. Even
before ....
Middle of paper
.... and sucking were
replaced by bloodletting , scarification , amputation, and surgery with
stone tools. Copying the acts of previous monkeys, the first casts were
made of dried mud put directly on wounds. Fire brought not only burns, but
cautery .
Civilization came to be around 12,000 BC. Diseases were treated if
minor with domestic remedies such as diet, herbs, plasters, and massage.
Often, if the case was severe, the patient was killed to relieve the
community of his burden, or th ....
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