African Roots of Medicine.mp3
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Homer said "In medicine, Egypt leaves the rest of the world behind", a truism that continued into the Roman period. But even after Egypt disappeared from the stage of history Africa continued to show high levels of medical skill, especially in the realms of surgery and plant medicine. Cesarean sections were performed in East Africa generations before they became routine in the operating theaters of Europe.
