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Imhotep: The real father of medicine? An iconoclastic view

IMHOTEP WAS A COMMONER BY BIRTH WHO ADVANCED TO THE POSITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL MEN IN EGYPT THROUGH HIS NATURAL TALENTS.

Imhotep was practicing medicine and writing on the subject 2,200 years before Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine, was born.

Imhotep’s influence in life was justifiably strong, growing even stronger after death. So much so that 2,000 years later his status was ultimately elevated to that of a deity of medicine, with his cult centered in Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt.

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