Herodotus tells that Darius had at his court certain Egyptians, whom he reckoned the best skilled physicians in all the world, and he makes the interesting statement that: "Medicine is practiced among them on a plan of separation; each physician treats a single disorder, and no more: thus the country swarms with medical practitioners, some under taking to cure diseases of the eye, others of the head, others again of the teeth, others of the intestines, and some those which are not local."(12) (12) The History of Herodotus, Blakesley's ed., Bk.

II, 84.
A remarkable statement is made by Pliny, in the discussion upon the use of radishes, which are said to cure a "Phthisicke," or ulcer of the lungs--"proofe whereof was found and seen in AEgypt by occasion that the KK.

there, caused dead bodies to be cut up, and anatomies to be made, for to search out the maladies whereof men died."(13) (13) Pliny, Holland's translation, Bk.

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26.
The study of the anatomy of mummies has thrown a very interesting light upon the diseases of the ancient Egyptians, one of the most prevalent of which appears to have been osteo-arthritis.