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To describe: About the early discoveries that lead to an understanding of the human body.
Introduction: The study of human body can be divided into anatomy and physiology. The anatomy studies about the relationship and structure of the body parts, while physiology deals with functions of body parts and the whole body. The study of human anatomy and physiology together forms a better understanding of the human body.
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From the evolution of modern humans, there is always been a quest and curiosity about the understanding of the human body. During earlier times, people went to witch doctors and healers to get healed by magic and superstitions. Overtime, the curiosity to get healed from different ailments led to discoveries of using herbs to treat cold, cough, and fever. The curiosity to find new medicine and to get healed was later changed over 2500 years that gave way to modern medicine, which had better understand of the human body, better medicines, surgical techniques, and wide knowledge about the human body.
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