Ancient Egyptian Medicine
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- Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- River Nile
- Egyptian Civilisation was agricultural.
- Crops grew in a narrow band along the River Nile.
- It thrived between 3400BC - 30BC.
- It provided water for irrigation.
- Successful agriculture provided spare food.
- This meant more people could be doctor, priests (although these two professions overlapped/were the same thing) and other professions.
- Crops grew in a narrow band along the River Nile.
- Writing enabled ideas to be recorded and communicated better than in pre historic societies.
- Egyptian Civilisation was agricultural.
- Thoth gave doctors the ability to cure people.
- Priests kept the Books of Thoth as it contains treatments and spells that are accepted.
- The books haven't survived but the Papyrus Ebers contains spells, potions (used for medicine) and procedure that were probably taken from the books.
- Imhotep, Pharaoh Zoser's doctor in 2630 BC, was known as the God of healing.
- River Nile
- Egyptian Civilisation was agricultural.
- Crops grew in a narrow band along the River Nile.
- It thrived between 3400BC - 30BC.
- It provided water for irrigation.
- Successful agriculture provided spare food.
- This meant more people could be doctor, priests (although these two professions overlapped/were the same thing) and other professions.
- Crops grew in a narrow band along the River Nile.
- Barges on river Nile anable transportation and communication.
- This made trade and government easier.
- River Nile
- Writing enabled ideas to be recorded and communicated better than in pre historic societies.
- Gods
- They had many Gods that controlled all aspects of life; including illness and medicine
- Amulats, charms and rituals were used to avoid and cure illness.
- This shows they took an preventative approach.
- This was supernatural.
- Amulats, charms and rituals were used to avoid and cure illness.
- Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- Thoth gave doctors the ability to cure people.
- Priests kept the Books of Thoth as it contains treatments and spells that are accepted.
- The books haven't survived but the Papyrus Ebers contains spells, potions (used for medicine) and procedure that were probably taken from the books.
- Imhotep, Pharaoh Zoser's doctor in 2630 BC, was known as the God of healing.
- Thoth gave doctors the ability to cure people.
- They had many Gods that controlled all aspects of life; including illness and medicine
- Sekhmet was the Goddess of War
- She cured epidemics.
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