Egyptians were doing brain surgery.
Western medicine is better at some things. They are much worse at others.
Yes, they were...and how successful were they compared to 21st Century doctors treating similar ailments?
Western medicine is better at some things. They are much worse at others.
Such as?
I can speak from personal experience regarding one area of medicine; I was diagnosed with stage III kidney cancer last year. I was taking my yearly physical, and there were microscopic amounts of blood in my urine. Not wanting to take a chance, my doctor had me get a C/T scan, which revealed the tumor.
I took an experimental drug (pazopanib) which shrunk the tumor by 2/3rds over the course of 3 months, and then had a partial nephrectomy (kidney removal) at the Cleveland Clinic. I had to get a partial because my other kidney, while otherwise healthy, was only 1/4 the normal size (born that way, had no idea until then).
Long story short: I'm now cancer-free, and going on a photo safari to South Africa in a month. Modern medicine works!