Prehistory is the time period known as before documentation or before writing.Many modern tribes live in similar ways to the prehistoric people.
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Treatments
The prehistoric treatments were mainly supernatural focused however there is still one technique that continues to be used o this day in surgical procedures.Watch this video and the figure out which one of their techniques is used in modern surgery today.Be sure to note down other treatments too.
During the most of the prehistoric era, people lived as hunter-gatherers nomadically. However to the end of the course, farmers developed who settled.Lets compare the health of these two groups;Life span of HG- 19-25 Life span of F 20-27HG abandoned the sick to continue wandering as the sick slows them downHG developed many injuries from hunting, the farmers generally suffered from sore joints and bonesHG avoided disease and polluted water due to their waste as a result of moving on, the farmers did not avoid thisBoth groups had medicine men that treated illnessIn settled communities their families would often treat you using natural and herbal remedies
Shamanism is the act of maintaining a connection with the spiritual world in a tribe. Their function was to heal and be a spiritual guide.The shaman performed spiritual rituals. They dominated prehistoric medicine, as ideas of unpredictable spirits led to a world with spiritual rituals.
The medicine men however did use their common sense when it came to using natural remedies, yet when their herbs worked they would presume that it was the spiritual rituals that were healing them.
Shamanism
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Question
Briefly describe how prehistoric people treated illness. (5)Describe 3 points in detail or state 6Spend no more than 5 minutesAnswer in one paragraphModel answer:Prehistoric medicine was obviously not as advanced compared to the 21st century. When one became ill they believed that an evil spirit had entered their body- in order to release this spirit a highly painful technique was used by the shaman of the group, trephining. In most cases the sufferer died, meaning that it was not at all a developed procedure unlike it is today. Surgeons drill holes in peoples heads for all sorts of reasons but definitely not supernatural ones. Amulets and charms were carried around to prevent these spirts for entering their bodies as well as spiritual rituals that consisted of chanting and dancing. Despite this some useful natural remedies were used out of their initiative, to soothe a sore throat honey and herbs were used. This would have proved effective in other ways due to the honeys' anti-bacterial properties.
