The earliest medical prescriptions appear in Sumerian during the Third Dynasty of Ur ( c. 2112 BCE – c. 2004 BCE). The oldest Babylonian texts on medicine date back to the Old Babylonian period in the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE.

How did the use of medicine begin?

Medicine probably began as folk medicine in our very early history. Ancient Egypt gave us medical texts and an important physician, Imhotep, regarded by many as the father of medicine. ... Galen, an ancient Roman physician of Greek descent, owed a great debt to Hippocrates as he himself brought forth new medical knowledge.

Who first started medicine?

Hippocrates is considered to be the father of modern medicine because in his books, which are more than 70. He described in a scientific manner, many diseases and their treatment after detailed observation. He lived about 2400 years ago.