Early folk medicine

enemy[]ворог

dislodge []витісняти

doubtless[]безсумнівно

combine[]об’єднувати

psychic[]психічний

excellent[]перевага

example[]приклад, зразок

attitude[]позиція, ставлення до чогось

arose[]виникали, поставали

claim[]вимагати, претендувати

original[]виникати

means[]засіб, спосіб, метод

permitting[]дозволяти, давати можливість

escape[]утеча, відхід від дійсності,

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evil[]порок, гріх

spirit[]дух, душа, примара

victim[]жертва

Read the story of Early Folk Medicine. Choose the correct word to go in each gar and write it in the heart (book). When you have finished you will find the names of two famous scientists.

The 2… of prehistoric man was probably based upon an animistic attitude towards disease. In his view, disease was caused by the 10…, influence of an enemy, a 17…, a god, an animal and it must be treated by means of 11… the malevolent cause. Early man may have attributed disease to a separation of 5… and .12… In any case, there doubtless 7… a class of men who claimed 15… in the art of 1…, and whose methods of treatment included 6…, 16…, sleight-of-hand, and all the tricks of the magician.

In some cases it was necessary to combine physical with 3… methods; of this we have an excellent 4… in trephining, which originated as a means of permitting the escape of an evil 9… from the 8… of the victim, and which gradually became a 13… of treating 14… of the skull and various intracranial lesions.

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