The lamp of medicine of Ancient Egypt is still burning

Authors

  • Ghazwan Butrous Professor of Cardiopulmonary Sciences; Medway School of Pharmacy University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
  • Bradley Maron Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  • Magdi Yacoub Aswan Heart Center, Aswan, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2020.16

Abstract

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In the land of Ancient Egypt, where the Pharaonic civilization flourished, one can encounter sophisticated methods of treating human illnesses. The Ancient Egyptians considered a disease and its treatment as a part of the divine intervention . The Biblical text of the Passover story tells that the divine can send a series of ten plagues, most are diseases that affected various aged groups (Exodus 7:8-12:30; Psalm 77:42-51; 104:26-36). Not only were surgery and medicine practiced with care some 5000 years ago; the Pharaonic public health systems were innovative, providing water and removing waste in many places.

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Published

2020-09-30

Issue

Vol. 2020 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Editorial

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