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of supernatural forces
"ods (communication)
Spirit or Demonic
possession
m Ão separation between
medicine, religion, &
magic
m ecause mental illness was perceived of as having
supernatural origins, treatments for mental illness often
involved exorcism (casting out of demons),
witchcraft/sorcery, or other ³supernatural´ cures.
m ×nother very popular
method of ³curing´
mental illness was
w (i.e. the
surgical boring into the
skull) to allow the
³spirits´ to escape.
m îhe Ebers Papyrus (dated
1550 ) is believed to be
a copy of an even earlier
text dated 3400 ). îhe
Ebers Papyrus contains a
wealth of ancient Egyptian
medical knowledge
including chapters on
mental illness (inc.
depression and dementia)
m Ôippocrates claimed that
epilepsy was the result of
natural causes and not a
divine disease
m laimed mental illness was
caused by increased humidity
in the brain
m ×lso claimed that hysteria
was caused by the female
womb becoming detached
and wondering around the
body Ôippocrates
460 ± 355
m Ôippocrates
recommended
treatments for
mental illness
included:
eatings
onfinement
Medications
m 0n ×ncient "reece, the mentally
ill were taken to the îemple of
×sclepius ("od of Medicine) to
be healed.
m ×long with magical treatments,
the mentally ill person would
routinely sleep in the temple
0t was thought that "od would
appear to the person in their sleep
and cure them
m 610 ×D
eginning of the revelation of the Qur'an
M Sura 4:5 states: