Health Promotion & Physical Activity (Dec 2019)

Medicine in Ancient – Egypt

  • Jerzy Supady

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.6903
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The history of ancient Egypt covers three millennia before the birth of the Christ. Information about medicine in that country, mainly found in papyrus, prove the occurrence of diseases known today and magic-rational therapy used by Egyptian physicians - priests.

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