24/03/2020
SPANISH AND CULTURE
Our history and culture are very important and a mixture of this makes our soul be adorned with so much knowledge.
In these times when this virus lashes the world and we are all in an important quarantine to take care of our health.
I am sending you this message so that you know that we are not alone that GOD is with us first and we are all here to help us,
NOW THAT WE ARE HOME I INVITE YOU TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE.
THE INCAS AND MEDICINE
The Inca is sick. The doctor of the nobility (amauca) does not know the cause, but is convinced that it is not the fault of the sovereign. This is a fictional scene that may have occurred more than 500 years ago, when the Inca empire dominated much of South America. At that time, the origin of the diseases was quite an enigma and people dedicated to medical practice used to attack only the symptoms.
The treatment of ills was organized throughout the empire and had a series of procedures and rituals inherited from previous cultures. But, in particular, "the illness of the Inca was an event of the greatest importance and transcendence, felt and integrated by the people as their own" Among the ills found, are acromegaly, Basedow's disease, Carrión's disease ( Peruvian wart), blindness, paralysis, deformities, leprosy, uta, syphilis, leishmaniasis, blastomycosis, lupus, hemorrhages, among others.
People with these conditions went to doctors, who had knowledge of anatomy, medicinal plants, and were considered links to deities. Evils were believed to be due to wrongdoing.
