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No, Egyptian medicine was just like the past; they used similar ideas and methods to the Prehistoric peoples. For example, both the Egyptians and people of the Prehistoric periods used magical treatments, herbs and plants as medicines, medicine men or priests as healers, and believed in Gods and spirits as the causers of disease. ...
· Medicine Men and Priests as Healers – Egyptian people employed the services of ‘medicine men’. These ‘medicine men’ were visited if someone was ill, and believed the cause of their illness were evil spirits. ... The ‘medicine man’ would then massage the sore area and request the evil spirit to come out of the ill persons body. ... Egyptian people would pray to the concerned God, asking for good health. Sometimes, an Egyptian would visit a Sanatorium with the expectation that the God would cause them to dream their cure. ... If an Egyptian believed that the cause of their illness, then they would immediately visit a ‘medicine man’ and get him to rid them of the evil spirit. ... Each doctor specialised in a different area of the body or a different area of medicine (e. ... These doctors were often called physicians, and they spent much of their lives researching to improve their understanding of medicine and health.
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