NUR 205 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Community Mental Health Act, Pharmacology, Typhoid Fever
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Nursing was delineated by health practices that were strongly guide by beliefs of magic, religion, and superstition. Individuals were considered to be cursed by evil spirits and evil gods. Tribes used special herbs, root, and vegetables to cast the. Egyptians were the first that used the concept of suture in repairing wounds. Diseases were spread through contaminated water sources. Egyptians develop the calendar and writing, which developed the recorded record. In palestine; mosaic code was the first organized methods of disease control and prevention, contained public health laws that dictated personal, family, and public hygene. In greece; people believed that the gods controlled health and illness. Hippocrates considered the father of medicine , he was the first to attribute disease to natural causes rather that supernatural. In india; people practiced surgery(very well developed). Hopital were constructed and were staffed by males nurses. In china; their beliefs about health and illness based on yin and yan.
