History Of Healing Study

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Studying history helps us understand individuals, societies and events of the past. Even though the history of healing teach us all the facts on the healing art, including who was wrong and right, it is better to examine the way in which the healing is the product of specific cultural worldviews at a given time and place. Similarly to the societies of the past, diverse societies around the world today have different beliefs on what causes a disease, and methods of healing. The bottom line is that, whether they were right or wrong in their thought process, societies and people of the past have made great contribution to the healing art. Galen for example with his humoral theory explained the cause of disease as the disequilibrium in humors.