. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . was divided between specialists ; each physician attending to one kind 1 Upon this conception of sickness and death, see pp. Ill, 112 of this History. 2 The testimony of classical writers and of the Egyptian monuments to Thot as physician andsurgeon has been collected and brought up to date by Pietschmann, Hermes Trismegistos, p. 20, et8eq., 43, et seq., 57. 3 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an Alexandrian stele in the Gîzeh Museum (Mariette, Monu-ments divers, pi. 15 and text, pp. 3, 4). The reason for the appearance of so many different animalsin
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . was divided between specialists ; each physician attending to one kind 1 Upon this conception of sickness and death, see pp. Ill, 112 of this History. 2 The testimony of classical writers and of the Egyptian monuments to Thot as physician andsurgeon has been collected and brought up to date by Pietschmann, Hermes Trismegistos, p. 20, et8eq., 43, et seq., 57. 3 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an Alexandrian stele in the Gîzeh Museum (Mariette, Monu-ments divers, pi. 15 and text, pp. 3, 4). The reason for the appearance of so many different animalsin this stele and in others of the same nature, has been given by Maspero, Etudes de Mythologie etdArchéologie Égyptiennes, vol. ii. pp. 417-419; they were all supposed to possess the evil eye and tobe able to fascinate their victim before striking him. 4 Herod., ii. 77; the testimony of Herodotus in regard to potions and clysters is confirmed bythat of the medical Papyri of Egypt (Chabas, Melanges Égyptologiques, 1st series, p. 65, et seq.).. THE CHILD HORCS ON THE CROCODILES. 216 TEE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF EGYPT. of illness only. Every place possessed several doctors ; some for diseases ofthe eyes, others for the head, or the teeth, or the stomach, or for internaldiseases. 1 But the subdivision was not carried to the extent that Herodotuswould make us believe. It was the custom to make a distinction only betweenthe physician trained in the priestly schools, and further instructed by dailypractice and the study of books,—the bone-setter attached to the worship ofSokhît who treated fractures by the intercession of the goddess,—and theexorcist, who professed to cure by the sole virtue of amulets and The professional doctor treated all kinds of maladies, but, as withus, there were specialists for certain affections, who were consulted inpreference to general practitioners. If the number of these specialists wasso considerable as to attract the attention of str
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