Education
The ancient Egyptians suffered numerous epidemics and often tomb art described epidemics and parasitic infestation such as hydatidosis.
Egyptians medicine reached a very high standard, and its reputation spread to neighboring countries. A student doctor learned from an established physician, perhaps his father, but there also seem to have been medical schools attached to the temples, and there was at least one school for midwives.
Many ancient Egyptian doctors were ‘general practitioners’ working in the community, but specialized in one part of the body. Medical texts that have survived give clues to the extent of the Egyptians’ knowledge. There were specialist books about every part of the body, texts specifically on gynecology, books for surgeons, dentists, and vets, and books giving recipes for medicines.
Doctors were instructed that when making a diagnosis they should, first observe the patient closely, then ask questions, inspect, smell, feel and probe. If they were then confident they could cure the patient they would say ‘An ailment I will treat’: if it was a more difficult case with an uncertain outcome they would say ‘An ailment with which I will contend’.
Egyptian doctor in 1300 BC
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- History Of Cats
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- The History Of Garlic
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Education
Egyptian doctor in 1300 BC
The ancient Egyptians suffered numerous epidemics and often tomb art described epidemics and parasitic infestation such as hydatidosis.
Egyptians medicine reached a very high standard, and its reputation spread to neighboring countries. A student doctor learned from an established physician, perhaps his father, but there also seem to have been medical schools attached to the temples, and there was at least one school for midwives.
Many ancient Egyptian doctors were ‘general practitioners’ working in the community, but specialized in one part of the body. Medical texts that have survived give clues to the extent of the Egyptians’ knowledge. There were specialist books about every part of the body, texts specifically on gynecology, books for surgeons, dentists, and vets, and books giving recipes for medicines.
Doctors were instructed that when making a diagnosis they should, first observe the patient closely, then ask questions, inspect, smell, feel and probe. If they were then confident they could cure the patient they would say ‘An ailment I will treat’: if it was a more difficult case with an uncertain outcome they would say ‘An ailment with which I will contend’.
Egyptian doctor in 1300 BC
- Biography Of Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos, a Greek physician already renowned by the time of Plato and Aristotle, remains an elusive historical figure despite his fame as the founder of scientific medicine. Hippocrates was born on the Greek island of Cos, to Heraclides, a physician...
- Beer Brewing In Ancient Egypt
First beer was brewed by the Sumerians who lived in Mesopotamia between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, in 8000 to 6000 BC. They produced a nutritious, non-perishable and intoxicating beverage by soaking barley or Emmer wheat. For the ancient Egyptians...
- Discovery Of Sickle Cell Anemia
An American doctor, R. Lebby, wrote the first modern description of sickle cell anemia in 1846 in an article titled ‘Case of Absence of the Spleen.’ The next published reports of sickle cell disease were in African medical articles. These articles...
- History Of Cats
The cat family is called Felidae. Cats have been kept in captivity for thousands of years and have served various human needs, some utilitarian such as hunting rodents for pest control, or antelope of sport and other less so. The first domesticated cat...
- The History Of Garlic
Native to Central Asia, garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. It was recorded that garlic was introduced to India more than 5,000 years ago. From there it spread to the east, probably to South East Asia. Recorded history shows garlic...