What is Medicine?

Medicine is defined as the practice of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and the promotion of health. Medicine can also mean the medications, drugs, substances used to treat and cure diseases, and to promote health. Humans did not at first regard death and disease as natural phenomena. The clues to early knowledge are few, consisting only of clay tablets bearing cuneiform signs and seals that were used by physicians of ancient Mesopotamia.  Common maladies, such as colds or constipation, were accepted as part of existence and dealt with by means of such herbal remedies as were available. Apart from the treatment of wounds and broken bones, the folklore of medicine is probably the most ancient aspect of the art of healing, for primitive physicians showed their wisdom by treating the whole person, soul as well as body. When the medicine of ancient Egypt is examined, The first physician to emerge is Imhotep, chief minister to King Djoser in the 3rd millennium bce.

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