Ancient Tools:
Even though it was so long ago when there was no such thing as advanced technology yet, the ancient Egyptians were still ahead of the game when it came to the medical field.
Yes the Egyptians had doctors, they used herbs and home remedies to cure the sick. Not only were there plants involved, but when there needed to be a look see behind the skin, the Egyptian doctors did have medical tools to check everything out. Well not everything, they could use the tools to fix broken bones or dislocated joints but they could do anything like brain surgery. Though the tools weren't a sanitary as our modern surgical steel tools since it was made from metals like copper, the ancient doctors were pretty clever in being able to make something to help heal injured people. The modern tools we use today are more advanced than the ancient one's; for instance we can use the modern tools to perform heart and brain surgeries and still help mend bones and tissue. But the Egyptians were still, like a said before, pretty ahead of their time when it came to this stuff. |
The Egyptian Pregnancy Test:
They might not have had that magical wand thing that girls pee on today but the Ancient Egyptians had a form of a pregnancy test.
If a woman was wondering whether she was pregnant or not they would be asked to pee on some wheat or barley seeds. If the seeds started to sprout, then the woman was indeed pregnant. Now it's not like the wand with the plus and minus thing going on but the method of a pregnancy test long ago was very similar to our modern day one. Women have to pee on something and something positive appears, both forms of the test have those steps included. The Ancient Egyptians were definitely ahead of the game on this one, which is a good thing because if they weren't, we'd probably not have some of the modern stuff we have now. |