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Estefania Acevedo 901 A NCIENT MEDICINE  ANCIENT GREEK MEDICINE: Greek doctors turned the corner from a reliance on divine intervention for healing to practical, natural solutions and some of their theories continue to impact present scientific and medical thinking.  At that time medicine was not very advanced and they used natural methods to cure diseases and even shamans. Ancient egyptian medicine: Ancient Egyptians were known to use  honey as medicine, and the juices of pomegranates served as both an astringent and a delicacy.  Egyptians had some knowledge of human anatomy . For example, in the classic mummification  process, mummifiers knew how to insert a long hooked implement through a nostril, breaking the thin bone of the braincase and removing thebrain . ANCIENT QUARANTINE: In antiquity the hebrews invented the quarantine process for those people who had a contagious disease and could not be cured ...
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BUBONIC PLAGUE Bubonic plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria in wich inflammation of infected nodes in the sexual organs and eyes predominates, the disease is called pneumonic plague. Fleas, lice and other insects that feed on animal blood carry the bacteria. these insects often live on rodents and others animals. The bubonic plague brought with it many problems and deaths for the civilization of that time. Thia plague be trasmitted directly from person to person. Infected people can spread the disease to others when they cough or sneeze. No one could figure out that exactly caused the plague think that air spread the disease. SYMPTOMS: PAIN AREAS: Abdomen and muscles COUGH: Bloody WHOLE BODY: Fever, chills, fatigue, discimfort. GASTROINTESTINAL: Diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting ALSO COMMON: Delirium, shortness of breath, headache, phlegm, swollen soft lymph node, or bleeding. PLAGUE DOCTORS The doctors wore ma...
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