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Ancient Aztec's

Belief and Medical Practices

  • handsome, tall, well mannered, healthy, organized and warlike.
  • many gods
  • Huizilopochtlid= god of the sun and war
  • blood sacrifice
  • 1519, clash of culture
  • Hernando Cortez

Introduction

  • Mexicas,Tenochca (Culhua-mexica= sacred city of Toltec, Colhuacán)
  • nomadic tribal group (hunters and gatherers pre 12th century)
  • Speaks Nahuatl
  • From Aztlan "White Land" (northern Mexico)
  • Settled permanently in the central basin of Mexico(Tenochitlan)
  • led by their god Huitzilopochtli

Introduction (Part 2)

Complications

  • traditional spiritual remedies
  • in conflict with the prescribed medication
  • trusts and confidence must be gain
  • explain where the drugs came

from

  • explains the causes and benefit

of the drugs

  • allow them to pray to their

gods-gave them needed private times

  • gave them times to consult with

their family and their priests/doctors

Origin of Illnesses

Treatments

  • illnesses: punishment from the gods
  • destiny (failing to show homage

to gods and entertainments for

  • the gods)
  • can't be cure or reverse
  • pre-ordained illnesses
  • determined by the month of birth
  • sick vs. prosperous kids in the future
  • immense knowledge on herbs that has medicinal usage.
  • focus on treating symptoms (not the diseae or its cause)
  • look at differet angles: physical, drugs or spiritual
  • pray to the gods, use magical remedies, consult other practitioners.
  • dental practices
  • use filling and anesthetic
  • use grounded seeds and roots of nettle plants (placed when hot inside the gums)
  • better at performing surgeries than Spanish doctors at the time during war
  • wound heal faster and were skilfully done
  • treated with fresh urine (sterile solution), apply herb to stop bleeding, agave with salt to prevent infection and speed healing process

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