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- 2. 10 FACTS Physical medicinessuch as herbs were mostly expected to assuage the pain only, while "magic" effected the cure. Their dissection of bodies during mummification seems to have added greatly to their knowledge of the inner workings of the human body. Apart from spiritual healing and herbal medicine, Egyptians practised massage. Egyptians thought garlic and onions aided endurance, and consumed large quantities of them.
- 3. 10 FACTS PART2 As their diet included much abrasive material (sand and small stone particles from grinding the corn) the teeth of the elderly were often in a very bad state. Egyptian doctors mostly believed that evil spirits either got inside your body or sent poisons inside your body to make you sick. It is thought that Egyptian doctors figured out that your heart was related to your heart beat. Preventive measures included prayers and various kinds of magic, above all the wearing of amulets.
- 4. 10 FACTS PART3 Egyptians thought gods, demons and spirits played a key role in causing diseases. The Egyptians also devised the earliest-known pregnancy test. Women moistened a sample of barley and wheat with their urine each day. If the barley grew, it meant the child would be a male; if the wheat grew, it would be a female. If neither grew, it meant the woman was not pregnant. The effectiveness of this test has been validated by modern science. The urine of non-pregnant women will prevent barley from growing!
- 5. PICTURES OF ANCIENT EGYPTIANMEDICINE
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