Compared to a modern day practitioner, an Egyptian healer consulting the Ebers Papyrus would be
A. equally interested in using drugs to treat common ailments like constipation and headaches
B. more likely to rely on the placebo effect to bring about positive outcomes
C. less likely to have access to medicinal ingredients such as natural laxatives and opium
D. more likely to use hallucinogenic drugs to induce trances
Ans: A. equally interested in using drugs to treat common ailments like constipation and headaches
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