CLCS 38500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Herbalism
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Mesopotamian medicine: magico-religious: disease through divine intervention. Exorcism: practical (herbalism): observation and collection of plant remedies. If then format: (1) description of symptoms, (2) preparation and application of remedy, (3) prognosis ( he will get better ) Miqtu: seizure brought forth by a divine being. Mesopotamian diagnosis and theory: if then construction, observation of symptoms, classification of symptoms by etiology, magico-religious etiology, proposed (mixed) treatment, prognosis. Wound in the forehead producing a compound comminuted fracture of the. Skull egg of ostrich (uses both magical and practical applications) Doctors knew limits prevent bad business and wouldn"t treat patient. Egyptian diagnosis and treatment: presentation (48 cases) by anatomical distribution, head to foot, format. There are 4 metu in the nostrils; 2 give mucous and 2 give blood. There are 4 metu in the interior of his temples which then give blood to the eyes; all diseases of the eyes arise through them, because there is an opening to the eyes.
