Egyptian Doctors

.	Ancient Egyptian Doctor	Mayan Healers
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Social Status	Egyptian doctors were highly respected in the ancient world, Doctors had their own hierarchy there were ordinary doctors, senior doctors, masters of physicians and the Chief of Physicians of the South and the North. Royal and palace doctors had special hierarchy and titles.	Mayan healers combined their activities with another profession, such as housewifes, carpenters and farmers.
Medical Schools	Doctors learnt their profession at schools called Houses of Life Reputed schools included Bubastis in the New Kingdom and Abydos and in the Late Kingdom.	There were no schools or formal training centers where traditional healing practices could be learned.
Methodology	Ancient Egyptian Medicine was based on an integrated scientific methodology and a system of medical schools. There was specialization since each physician used to treat a specific disease. Egyptian doctors were very advanced in their knowledge of herbal remedies and surgical techniques.	Mayan healers were specialised in spiritual matters, emotional affairs and the use of herbs. Their treatment of disease was mainly psychological and spiritual. Healers did not understand disease by focussing on specific organs, They rather interpreted diseases as a response of the body to natural, social and spiritual constraints.
Famous Doctors	The most famous of the Egyptian physicians is Amenhotep, an Old Kingdom physician and architect who was declared a god in his own right. Even today, many medical schools, including the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have a statue of Amenhotep that watches over them.	Ordinary healers - no famous personalities