Ancient Egytian Medicine Flashcards
Ancient Egypt is also regarded as
The cradle of civilization , earliest civilization
Documentation in ancient Egypt was made and stored on ___
Papyrus ( made from stem of water plant)
Medicine in ancient Egypt was mainly
Priestly and mystic
Physicians were next to the kings in rank
True/False
True
Who was believed to be the God of health?
Imhotep (because of his success in medicine)
Who was IMHOTEP?
A physician who lived at the prime of the 3rd Egyptian dynasty. Regarded as the God of Health/Medicine
Imhotep’s wife was
Renpet-neferet
What were Imhotep’s beliefs?
That
— life was respiration
— respiration was controlled by the blood (failure of the blood would cause cessation of respiration)
— blood is usually altered by parasites and therefore disease is caused by parasites
In therapeutics, remedies used were usually
Honey Castor oil Garlic Onions Yeast Animal fat ,etc
Achievements of ancient Egyptian medicine __
— first to recognize parasites as disease causing agents
— the development of prescription style and forms in which drugs are prescribed today developed from ancient Egyptian medicine
— one of the first to show transformation from primitive medicine and also show rational thoughts about medicine
— documentation made on papyrus
Types of papyrus used were
Ever papyrus
Kahum papyrus
Edwin-Smith papyrus
Limitations of ancient Egyptian medicine
— scant knowledge on Anatomy and Physiology
— treatment actually based on speculation rather than specialization
