Imhotep Slider Puzzle

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Imhotep Slider Puzzle

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  • Chief architect of the world’s first monumental building, the Step Pyramid.
  • Architect, Astrologist, Chief Minister to Djoser, Physician, considered an Egyptian Polymath, which is an individual who is an expert in many areas of learning.
  • Developed medical texts describing 100 diseases and 48 injuries. Is still considered highly influential by other physicians.
  • Treated diseases such as gout and appendicitis.
  • Believed diseases occurred naturally and were not punishments or curses from the Gods or Spirits.
  • Today, many physicians feel he is the real father of medicine. Sir William Osler, one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital, said he is the “first figure of a physician to clearly stand out
    from the mists of antiquity.”
  • Became deified in 525 BCE as the God of wisdom and medicine.

Credit: Science Museum, London under Creative Commons Share Alike 4.0 International license.