By about 3000 B.C., the Egyptians who had developed one of the world's first great civilizations, began making important medical progress. The world's first physician known by name was the Egyptian Imhotep, who lived about 2650 B.C. The Egyptians later worshipped him as the god of healing. About 2500 B.C., Egyptian surgeons produced a textbook that told how to treat dislocated or fractured bones and external abcesses, tumors, and wounds.
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