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The primitive medicine was seen as the causes of many diseases in witchcraft and magic. Treatment also took place without rational basis, mostly by shamans or witch doctors who had treated the ritualistic and medicinal plants.

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Ancient Medicine [edit]

Medicine is a collection of ancient cultivated fields as medicine in ancient times to the Middle and Far East, Greece and Rome. In most civilizations were priests, doctors, and rational action intertwined with magical practices. Causes of diseases most frequently looked for the factors in the supernatural and divine intervention.
Medicine of ancient Mesopotamia [edit]

In ancient Mesopotamia, the cause of illness and treatment was similar to other ancient civilizations. Distinguishing it was for medical specialties - three groups of priests-physicians (Bar, Aszipu and Asu), each of which dealt with a slightly different area. Mastered the art of divination, both from the liver as well as from the stars. Many articles of the Code of Hammurabi devoted to the art of medicine, especially medicine, surgical, and shall state the exact amount of payment in case of recovery or penalty to the physician if the operation is not successful. Prices for most treatments were far too high.

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Medieval Medicine [edit]

In the Middle Ages to the medicine and its development had a significant influence the church. People believed that the cause of disease is such magic. There were many myths and legends, the transmission of infectious diseases. For example, the plague was brought by a musician who bewitched his flute rats [citation needed].

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