I am fascinated about our profession as doctors, and as such read about how Allopathic medicine has come about. I will post some short paragraphs from some of my research and study on the history.
Before medicine and religion there was magic – incantations, spells and prayers that removed disease. Supernatural entities, demons, spirits of dead animals and humans caused disease. People worshiped gods and goddesses of symptoms. Febris, the Roman goddess of Fever and Malaria could cause and cure fever. Sitala, a goddess in Hindu culture, caused high fevers, rashes, hotflashes, and pustules, as well as cured them. The first medicines were used to assuage pain. Medicine was not standard practice, and very primitive. As science evolved higher, and practitioners researched more, standard recipes were made to form the first basic medicines.
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