Antiquity. The Babylon medicine

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The Babylon medicine knew something about a structure of a human body. However these data served not to medicine, and predictions of destinies and events were necessary for predictions. The special attention was given to deformations, congenital uglinesses. Such ninety deformations are described and recognised by fatal. There were data on interiors of a sheep as sacrificial animal. For predictions first of all used a liver of a sheep. The similarity of the sheep liver made of clay is found. Its surface is divided into fifty squares, and on each of them possible changes and their value are shown.

Data on medicine of ancient Jews can be found in the Bible, the Talmud and other writing. In them it is a lot of the manuals, concerning hygiene, but about a structure of a body and its bodies there it is told a little. It is known that something once has been undertaken like opening on purpose to define number of bones of the person. To separate meat from bones, a corpse have welded. It was the corpse of the woman, executed for offences in the field of morals. Have counted 248 bones from what it is possible to conclude that the executed was still very young. Not accrete still parts of bones that is characteristic for a skeleton of young men, have obviously accepted for separate bones.

On the historical way done by mankind, medicine many priests, scientists and philosophers were engaged. And though merits of some of them are rather great, their names have sunk into oblivion.

Since the most ancient times and up to now, since then, as there were first mentions of medicine, there was no brighter figure, than a figure of the person living in V century BC its Image never grew dull, though for long time and dropped out of a field of vision of doctors. This person - Gippokrat - the first doctor, a name and which works have remained till our time, received an honorary title ' the father of medicine '. The modern medicine has comprehended value of Gippokrata and its school.