The Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans made much progress in medicine.
. Briefly describe the main features of Egyptian medicine.
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Egyptian’s believed that the human body was made up of many channels and when one of these channels was blocked they became ill. The Egyptian’s were also the first to closely observe and keep written records of the symptoms, causes and cures. Mummification was a process that also helped medicine as the Egyptians where able to identify some of the organs in the human body. Egyptians also believed that God caused disease and as they also believed God wanted them to be clean, they washed a minimum of once a day. Also, wealth impacted Egyptian medicine as doctors had the money to develop their ideas.
