Merit-Ptah

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Merit-Ptah ("Beloved of Ptah "; around 27th century BC ) was long considered the ancient Egyptian chief physician at the royal court in the 2nd dynasty . Recent research has shown that it never existed and is an invention of the 20th century.

Merit-Ptah allegedly practiced as a doctor when women were regular doctors and midwives and there were schools for women. Another well-known doctor was Peseschet . She is considered the first known doctor.

The image of Merit-Ptah can supposedly be found in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings . The inscription "Chief Physician" discovered by a son of a high priest initially indicated that she held a position in which she taught, supervised and looked after the Pharaoh .

The International Astronomical Union named the Merit Ptah crater on Venus after her.

The alleged doctor Merit-Ptah is not to be confused with Merit-Ptah, the wife of Ramose , the governor of Thebes and vizier under Akhenaten . The couple is depicted in grave TT55 in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna .

literature

  • Wolfram Grajetzkiː Meritptah, The World's First Female Doctor? , in: Ancient Egypt Magazine , December 2018 [January 2019], pp. 24–31 (popular science, online: article on Academia ).
  • Jakub M. Kwiecinski: Merit Ptah, “The First Woman Physician”: Crafting of a Feminist History with an Ancient Egyptian Setting , in: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences , Vol. 75, No. 1, 2020, pp. 83-106, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrz058 .

Remarks

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  2. ↑ Wolfram Grajetzkiː Meritptah, The World's First Female Doctor? , in: Ancient Egypt Magazine , Dec, 2018, Jan. 2019, pp. 24–31 ( external link: digitized version on academia.edu ) and Jakub M. Kwiecinski: Merit Ptah, “The First Woman Physician”: Crafting of a Feminist History with an Ancient Egyptian Setting , in: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences , Vol. 75, No. 1, 2020, pp. 83-106, doi: 10.1093 / jhmas / jrz058 ( external link: digitized on academia. edu )
  3. ↑ The doctor who never existed. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 26, 2019, accessed December 29, 2019 . (Payment content)
  4. ↑ Michael E. Moran: Urolithiasis: a comprehensive history . New York, NY 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-8196-6 , pp. 411 .
  5. ^ Robert F. Phalen: Core ethics for health professionals: principles, issues, and compliance . Cham, Switzerland 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-56090-8 , pp. 77 .
  6. ^ Female Physicians in Ancient Egypt . In: Ancient History Encyclopedia . Retrieved October 6, 2017. Women in Science, Time to Recognize the Obvious. (PDF) 2006, p. 33 , accessed on April 12, 2018 . 
  7. ↑ Friederike Kampp : The Theban Necropolis . Zabern, Mainz 1996, p. 262.