Abstract
Medicine in ancient Egypt was much more advanced than the rest of the Biblical world, especially in trauma surgery. Care at the time of childbirth was however virtually non-existent. There were no trained obstetricians or midwives but a galaxy of gods were at hand.
This article traces what we can piece together about pregnancy of childbirth from the evidence we have in tombs and papyri of Egypt.
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