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This ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) genius is considered "the first figure of a physician to stand out clearly in the mists of antiquity" -- 2,500 years before the "father of medicine," Hippocrates
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Imhotep
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Imhotep was an ancient Egyptian polymath who served as chancellor to the pharaoh Djoser and is considered the first physician in recorded history, living around 2600 BCE - about 2,500 years before Hippocrates. He was also an architect and designed the Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Thoth, Khufu, and Plato were not primarily known as physicians.