Modern medicine is rapidly progressing. There are new drugs, new equipment and new techniques consistently introduced to improve patient care. Despite all of these many new advances and discoveries, there are some central components of modern medicine that are thousand years old and have their origins in ancient Egypt. Our knowledge of ancient Egyptian medicine has come from the writings on medical papyri. There are also carvings of diverse illnesses and treatments on the walls of tombs and temples. Ancient Egyptian medicine was highly advanced for its period of time and Egyptian doctors were highly sought after by other rulers from distant place since they were considered the best in the world. The Journal of Royal College of General Practitioners researchers claim that the Ancient Egyptians were much more knowledgeable about anatomy than physiology and pathology. This was mostly due to the fact that they practiced embalming the dead bodies which led to a very detailed examination of the whole body. There was no crystal clear difference between blood vessels, tendons, nerves and lymphatics. The stomach was presumed to be mouth of the heart. However, they understood clearly that the start of circulatory system was the heart. Egyptians also had extensive knowledge of the pulse in every place of the body. Surgery in ancient Egypt was very limited in comparison to …show more content…
Compared to modern-day astronomy we have knowledge of, ancient Egyptians did not differentiate between astrology and anatomy. Their very significant contribution to the astronomy was twenty four hours division of day. Their other important contribution to the astronomy was the invention of 354 day lunar calendar. They later invented 365 day calendar. Romans later on added an extra day to every fourth year to Egyptian calendar to give us the calendar we use