It is about 3300 BC and you are in Egypt. You live in this beautiful country where you believe everything is caused by your religion, most everyone could read, and you learned how to properly mummify your love ones. That is a great life your living, is it not? You know what is even better? Your medicine is much more advanced than drilling holes into citizens' skulls. This period, my friend, is ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TIMES.
During this time period, 3300 to 525 BC, medicine would grow to the point where people, mainly people who mummify, started to learn more about the human's anatomy. They learned that the heart pumped blood and bodies had pulses. They actually came up with a theory after these discoveries, called the Channel theory. This theory explained that the body had 46 channels in the body that were centered to the heart. The belief with this theory was that if these channels were clean, whether if it was from diseases or evil spirits, then you basically had a good life ahead of you.
Many different books also came through this period. There was one book in particular, called the Ebers Papyrus. This book became on the first books of medical history to give advice about keeping you healthy. Renamed by German Egyptologist Georg Moritiz Ebers, this remarkable book taught over 700 remedies and facts from learning how to do simple surgeries to knowing that the heart is the main source of blood. Many scientist used this text to enrich their studies and take care of patients better.
On the topic of making patients better, Egyptians advanced in surgery procedures. Doctors learned how to cure "night-blindness" by going through eye surgery and putting liver powder in the eye. Since Egyptians were one of the first to do surgeries close to modern day procedures, they invented the tools like scalpels, forceps, probes, saws, and scissors.
Lastly, let's talk about the people who achieved these goals. Aka the doctors. The first doctors were documented in this period. The first male doctor was a man named Sekhet-eanach "healed the Pharaoh's nostrils". No one knew what was the matter with them in the first place. The second on was named Imhotep and he was so popular that when he died, he became god in the Egyptians. They believed that he would heal the people of Egypt if they prayed to him. The first dentist, Hesy Ra (2700 BC), was called the "chief of Dentist and Doctors" by King Doiser for his brilliant works. "Where are the women?", you feminist might ask. Well the first female "doctor" was Presesnet (2400 BC) who helped deliver children out of the womb.
In all, the Ancient Egyptian times period of medicine was the birth to modern day medicine. Before we go, I want you to know that Egyptians still used herbs to heal injuries. They used herbs like willow to heal toothaches and honey to treat wombs. This is end and now you go tell your friends the Egypt is more important than just learning about Cleopatra. Bye!
Sites that need to be cited:
Explorable.com
Knowitall.org
Localhistories.org
Medicalnewstoday.com
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