Explain how factors outside medicine helped the Egyptgians make progress in medicine (7)
Egypt was one of the first places where not everyone needed to hunt in order to survive. This meant that people could be otherwise employed as priests and many doctors were also priests. Embalming bodies helped them to find out more about anatomy. Skilled craftsmen could also produce new tools and equipment, which doctors could use to carry out operations.
Communication was a vital factor for progress. The development of a written language, pens and papyrus meant the Egyptians could record their treatments and the discoveries they made about the body. This meant that ideas spread to other doctors in Egypt. Trade with other countries meant that these ideas could spread further and the arrival of different herbs into Egypt also helped the progression of Medicine.
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