Sullivan R
Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, Berkshire, UK.
J R Soc Med. 1995 Mar;88(3):141-5.
Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations to have arisen, becoming the cradle of scientific enquiry and social development over 3 millennia; undoubtedly its knowledge of medicine has been vastly underestimated. Few artefacts survive which describe the medical organization, but from the extent of the diseases afflicting that ancient populus there would have been much to study. Evidence from papyri, tomb bas reliefs and the writings of historians of antiquity tell of an intense interest in the sciences, humanities and medicine born of an educated society which had overcome the superstitions of its nomadic ancestors.
古埃及是兴起的最伟大文明之一，在三千多年的时间里成为科学探索和社会发展的摇篮；毫无疑问，其医学知识一直被严重低估。留存下来描述医疗组织的文物很少，但从困扰那个古代民族的疾病范围来看，本有很多值得研究的地方。纸莎草文书、陵墓浅浮雕以及古代历史学家著作中的证据表明，一个受过教育、摒弃了游牧祖先迷信观念的社会对科学、人文和医学有着浓厚的兴趣。
