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The earliest known writing about medicine was a hundred and ten page Egyptian papyrus.
It was supposedly written by the god, Thoth, about 16 centuries before the common era.
The Ebers papyrus is an ancient recipe book dated to approximately 1552 B. C. E.
It contains a mixture of magic and medicine with invocations to banish disease and a catalogue of useful plants, minerals, magic amulets and spells.
The most famous Egyptian physician was Imhotep, in Memphis about 2500 B. C. E.
Imhotep ’ s materia medica consisted of procedures for treating head and torso injuries, tending of wounds, and prevention and curing infections and advanced principles of hygiene.
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