A Comparison of the Medical Knowledge and Practises of the Ancient Egyptians and the Ancient Greeks

The Ancient Egyptian civilisation was first developing around 3000 BC. They were settlers and farmers meaning that because they did not have to constantly move home they had more time to learn and discover about science and medicine. They had two types of doctors: priest-magicians who dealt with disease and illness supposedly caused by the Gods, or evil-spirits and physicians who dealt with diseases with natural causes. The priest-magicians would provide potions and charms to ward off evil-spirits and the physicians would use herbs, and even simple surgery to cure people.
The Greeks on t…