[Medicine in ancient Egypt, a fascinating level of modernity].
Our knowledge about ancient Egyptian medicine (throughout more than three millennia) comes from some papyri, as those of Ebers and Smith, thousands of mummies or skeletons and multiple temples and tumbs decorations. Doctors were initially priests and embalmers which explain their good level in anatomy. The most famous of all, imhotep, who was also architect and minister, became a god of medicine. First hospitals developed from temples. Modern investigation tools are useful for studying on human remains the most prevalent diseases at these times which are comparable with our current medical problems. An increasing number of scientific data, which some examples are reported herein, argue in favor of a fascinating level of advancement of ancient Egyptian medicine in the field of diagnosis and therapy.
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Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque, F 64109 Bayonne. fbauduer001@CHCB.rss.fr
D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000266:history*; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*
Médecine de l'Egypte ancienne, une fascinante modernité.