TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe first physician
Y1  - 1909/08/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02550080041008
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 637
EP  - 637
VL  - LIII
IS  - 8
N2  - The first physician of whom we have any definite record is evidently I-em-Hetep, who lived in the reign of King Tchser, a monarch of the Third Dynasty of Egypt, the date of whose reign is somewhat uncertain, but is probably not later than 4500 B. C. In the light of recently awakened interest in psychotherapeutics and the use of the mind to influence the body, it is extremely interesting to note that his name, I-em-Hetep, means "the bringer of peace." According to tradition, he had two other titles, one of which was "The Master of Secrets" and the other "The Scribe of Numbers." The reference embodied in the first of these titles is easy to understand. The second is less easy of comprehension. Perhaps the writing of his prescriptions required an unusual knowledge of numbers in those days, for even at that time the Egyptians had a great many remedies
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02550080041008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550080041008
ER  -