Ancient Egyptians and Chinese
By: Catherine Lineberry & Abby Brady
Ancient Egyptians Discoveries and Accomplishments
Ancient Egyptians
- First to keep accurate health records
- Wrote prescriptions on Papyurs
- Embalming led to increase understanding of anatomy and disease
Chinese:
- Discovery of natural phenomena
- Religion
People who contributed to the developments or discoveries
Ancient Egyptians:
- Edwin Smith Papyrus
- Ebers Papyrus
Chinese:
- Fu Xi were early tribal leaders. Fu Xi was a cultural hero who developed the trigrams
Beliefs or theories related to the diseases
Ancient Egyptians:
- Physicians were Priests
Chinese:
- Believed you had to treat both the body and spirit
Health Care workers
Ancient Egyptians:
- imhotep
- Priests
Chinese:
- Bian Que
-his medical skills were so amazing that the people gave him the same name as the legendary doctor Bian Que
Health Care trends
Ancient Egyptians:
- Used gauze to wrap bodies
- Used leeches for bloodletting
- Used embalming
- Used strong antiseptics to keep bodies from decaying
Chinese:
- Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based on herbs
- Therapies included acupuncture