Better
late than never that 'classical Western academia' recognizes that medical history books will have to be revised. What is interesting
is that it took this long, and what is more interesting is that an article suggests this is a 'new
discovery', when it had been widely researched and documented by
renowned Black scholars such as Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Ben Yosef
Jochanan, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, Cheikh Anta Diop; and continued through
the work of their students today. So, exactly what did this new
group of researchers 'discover'?
Science Editor Roger Highfield writes about, "The research team from the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at The University of Manchester discovered the evidence in medical papyri written in 1,500BC - some 1,000 years before Hippocrates was born. It was the Egyptians - not the ancient Greeks - who were the true fathers of medicine, according to a study that pushes back the origins by at least a millennium. Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the inception lies not with Hippocrates (460BC-370BC) and the Greeks but in ancient Egypt and the likes of Imhotep (2667BC - 2648BC), who designed the pyramids at Saqqara and was elevated to become the god of healing..."
What is newsworthy is the admission that the scholars mentioned above were right ... even though their names are not mentioned anywhere in this article. Highfield continues, "Classical scholars have always considered the ancient Greeks, particularly Hippocrates, as being the fathers of medicine but our findings suggest that the ancient Egyptians were practicing a credible form of pharmacy and medicine much earlier," said Dr Jackie Campbell. When we compared the ancient remedies with modern pharmaceutical protocols and standards, we found the prescriptions in the ancient documents not only compared with pharmaceutical preparations of today but that many of the remedies had therapeutic merit."(Read full article: www.telegraph.co.uk/science/
There are many videos of scholars including, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Ben Yosef Jochanan, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, Cheikh Anta Diop, and others today like Runoko Rashidi who lecture about Imhotep and/or the history of Africa in antiquity. Here is a link that includes several videos ...
www.youtube.com/
Science Editor Roger Highfield writes about, "The research team from the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at The University of Manchester discovered the evidence in medical papyri written in 1,500BC - some 1,000 years before Hippocrates was born. It was the Egyptians - not the ancient Greeks - who were the true fathers of medicine, according to a study that pushes back the origins by at least a millennium. Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the inception lies not with Hippocrates (460BC-370BC) and the Greeks but in ancient Egypt and the likes of Imhotep (2667BC - 2648BC), who designed the pyramids at Saqqara and was elevated to become the god of healing..."
What is newsworthy is the admission that the scholars mentioned above were right ... even though their names are not mentioned anywhere in this article. Highfield continues, "Classical scholars have always considered the ancient Greeks, particularly Hippocrates, as being the fathers of medicine but our findings suggest that the ancient Egyptians were practicing a credible form of pharmacy and medicine much earlier," said Dr Jackie Campbell. When we compared the ancient remedies with modern pharmaceutical protocols and standards, we found the prescriptions in the ancient documents not only compared with pharmaceutical preparations of today but that many of the remedies had therapeutic merit."(Read full article: www.telegraph.co.uk/science/
There are many videos of scholars including, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Ben Yosef Jochanan, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, Cheikh Anta Diop, and others today like Runoko Rashidi who lecture about Imhotep and/or the history of Africa in antiquity. Here is a link that includes several videos ...
www.youtube.com/
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