ABSTRACT
Egyptians were constantly studying the human body and had special schools to teach doctors about cures and medicines. They knew that scorpion stings and snakebites caused poisons to go into the body. The spells and amulets didn’t provide any physical cures, but they may have helped people psychologically Egyptians were constantly studying the human body and had special schools to teach doctors about cures and medicines. They knew that scorpion stings and snakebites caused poisons to go into the body by having a placebo effect. Garlic and onions were believed to be important for good health, so ancient Egyptians ate them by the basketful. Any Egyptian who caught a cold rubbed his or her chest with mashed garlic and drank a garlic juice mixture to get rid of bronchitis. The Egyptian physicians were trying to make the wound secrete nice green pus.
