CLIL - Connect Plus Primary 3 Term 2 - ثالث ابتدائي

CLIL: History: Medicine in the past and medicine now 1 Listen and read www.Cryp2Day.com موقع مذكرات جاهزة للطباعة What herbs did ancient Egyptians use to treat diseases? Doctors and surgeons in the past used different medicines to modern ones, but some of their ideas are useful today. We can learn about what ancient Egyptians did from two of the oldest texts about medicine in the world: The Edwin Smith Papyrus is about surgery. Doctors in ancient Egypt could do operations to help people get better after injuries. They could fix broken bones and injuries to the skin. The Ebers Papyrus gives treatments for lots of different diseases. It talks about how the heart is the center of the blood supply in the body, and it gives advice about problems with skin, teeth, eyes and other organs. Some things that ancient Egyptians believed were very different, but we use some of their ideas in modern medicine. For example, they used herbs to treat some diseases, and we know today that these can help mint is good for the digestive system, and aloe can help with burns. They also used honey to treat infections and skin problems. With science today, we know that honey can make some infections better. 62

www.Cryp2Day.com موقع مذكرات جاهزة للطباعة Λ W 2 Read and tick (✓) or cross (✗) Unit 9 1 We don't use any medicines from ancient Egypt today. ( ) 2 Doctors in the past didn't know how to make broken bones better. ( ) 3 Ancient Egyptian doctors understood how the heart works. ( ) 4 Ancient Egyptians used herbs in medicine. ( ) 3 Read again and answer. Why are these things important today? It tells.us.about.different........... treatments.for lots.of.diseases.. 4 4 Think and answer 1 Can you think of any other medicines from the past that we use today? 2 We can learn about the past from old texts. What other ways can we learn about traditional medicine? 63