Practical Medicine In Ancient Egypt.

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Afterlife 

 - They believed that the body is needed in the afterlife, as well as material      possessions.

 - This lead them to preserving bodies and entombing them.

Mummification 

- They prepared bodies by extracting soft organs (brains and intestines) then   drying the remainders with salt. 

 - This gave Egyptians basic knowledge of anatomy.

 - However, as they thought they couldn't dissect further as

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