In about 3000 BC the curtain rises on Egyptian civilization. In a civilized society some people did specialized jobs. One of these jobs was the doctor. The first doctor known to history was Sekhet-eanach who 'healed the pharaoh's nostrils'. (We do not know what was wrong with them). The second doctor we know of was Imhotep (c. 2,600 BC) who was vizier or prime minister to the pharaoh. He was also a doctor and he was so famous that after his death he was worshiped as a god. Most of Egyptian medicine relied on magic. However they kept record of methods used ,and which methods worked and which methods don't. This way they can advance in medicine. Egyptian doctors mostly used natural drugs obtained from herbs and minerals. They treated chest complaints
