Medicine in Ancient Egypt

Medical instruments
from Ancient Egypt

Medicine, this science was called the Necessary Art in Ancient Egypt and supported by the Per-Ankh, the House of Life, and by schools of checking and research. Most general practicians of Egyptian medicine were priests developed  in  medical  techniques  passing  from  trauma  to gynecology, and many special in unique fields. The Egyptian  medical  men  saw  the  role  of  the pulse,  blood,  bucks,  mucus,  urine,  and  come  and  their anatomical lineages from the earliest periods.

Because  of  the  mythological  and  magical  aspects assigned  to  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Egypt  by  the Greek historians, scholars have not bestowed honor upon the practices nurtured in the Nile Valley. The Greeks good many of the early Egyptian priest-physicians, however,  peculiarly Imhotep of  the  3rd Dynasty  (2620 B.C.E.),  whom  they  compared  with  their  god Asclepius. When  they  recorded  the  Egyptian  medical  customs  and procedures as history, the Greeks involved the magic and incantations  used  by  the  priest, which  made  medicine appear  trivial  or  a  nonrational  aspect  of  Egyptian  life. Magical spells were indeed a part of Egyptian medicine, thus the Greeks refuse was not totally wrong. Nevertheless,  scholars  have  long  known  that  the  Egyptians  carefully  observed  various  ailments,  injuries,  and physical  malformations  and  offered  many  ethical drugs  for their ease.

Circumcision scene
from a tomb at Saqqara

Diagnostic functions for injuries and diseases were common and super in Egyptian medical practice. The physicians consulted texts and made their own observations.  Each  physician  listed  the  symptoms  present  in  a patient and then certain whether he had the skill to treat that shape. If a priest determined that a cure was potential, he reconsidered the processes, medicines, or therapeutic  remedies  available  and  acted  accordingly.  The physicians understood that the pulse was the Speaker of the heart, and they taken the shape known as angina. They were also aware of the relationship between the  stimulated  system  and  voluntary  movements.  The physicians could place lesions of the head, fractures of the vertebrae, and other complex checks. Operations were performed on the brain, and skulls recovered from graves and tombs point that the Egyptian patients lived through  such  processes  and  lived  for  years  afterward.  The  human  brain  was  not  saved  during  the embalming  process,  however,  deemed  bad  of  protection  in the canopic jars.  Brains  of  the  passed  were normally  destroyed  or  savaged  in  the  actual  embalming operation.

Trauma care in Egypt involved the treatment of variable bone injuries, with cranial fractures popular. Surgical procedures were provided, including the intromission of rolled  linens  for  fractured  noses  and  the  splinting  of pearls  with  bark,  wood,  linen,  and  veg  fibers. Amputations  were  executed  successfully,  and  trepanation,  taking  the  removal  of  pieces  of  bone  from  the brain,  was  also  provided  to  patients.  Gags  and  wooden tubes  were  inserted  into  the  mouths  of  patients  being addressed for jaw wounds. The tubes were used to provide nourishment conveniently and to drain fluids. Brick backups and body casts were engaged to keep patients still and  upright,  and  other  materials  were  molded  to  their bodies  to  provision  clean,  sturdy  bases  for  recovery. Flax and other fabrics were used in the clinics or medical establishments to pack wounds as well as in the treatment  of  sores  or  surgical  incisions.  Bandages  were normally made of linen and were held with hygienic standards adopted in the nation. Priests as well used poultices, sticky strips, and cleansing agents. Other therapeutic  procedures  included  cauterization  of  wounds using fire drills or white scalpels.

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