Medical Development in Ancient Egypt

It is believed that the first medical treatments developed in Ancient Egypt. Medical information in the Edwin Smith Papyrus may date to a time as early as 3000 BC. According to Heredotus the practice of medicine is so specialized among them that each physician is a healer of one disease and no more. The Egyptians introduced the concepts of diagnosis and medical examination. They studied about human anatomy as a result of their believings to second life. To prepare of mummified bodies, different types of natural herbs were used. They also developed the first medical tools to separate the organs from dead body to prepare the mummy.