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Chapter V Ancient Physicians
Identified! DISEASE is proved to have been a
constant, ever-present menace to man from the earliest To the researcher, this is
interesting — even amazing, but a most important question is yet to be
solved: WHO ORIGINATED THIS ANCIENT
PRACTICE? Ancient Records Rejected As
Myth There is a reason why modern
historians are confused by the startling records of ancient history. The structure of history, to which all
material is subjected to test, was preconceived before all the facts were
in. The result is,
many historical accounts are judged not acceptable today. The modern study of antiquity does
not take into account any intervention of God or of the Devil in the course
of history! Historians take it for
granted that the events of history, like their present lives, are
NOWHERE affected by the intervention of supernatural powers. Since the recorded supernatural events of
the past cannot be scientifically tested, they are rejected as MYTH! This is the universally accepted
approach to history explained in Chapter I. The application of this theory
to history has resulted in chaos as the ancient world finds mankind
intimately associated with the supernatural.
Gods and demons directly influenced every aspect of daily life! Association with the supernatural was a way
of life. In spite of this self-evident
fact, where the supernatural (myth) is involved, the record receives no
further investigation — it is summarily rejected! (See Hockett, The
Critical Method in Historical Research and Writing, p. 62.) All ancient records, subsequently, are
reinterpreted to fit the fallacious modern assumption that the supernatural
has not affected — indeed, even guided —
the development of history. Any facts
which will not fit this present theory are discarded. Consequently, the recorded history of any
nation prior to 1000 B.C. is subject to doubt, accusation and
dismemberment. The fabric of history
has been unraveled — the true picture distorted! On occasion, there is no written
record to substantiate the oral traditions of history. In such cases, these valuable sources are
also discredited. This is not a valid
judgment, as some ancient peoples preserved and highly valued the tradition
of perpetuating important works orally.
Notice! What medicine did the
Vedic Aryans [old Indians] practice?
What did they think of health and disease, of the human body and its
place in the whole of nature? We
have no medical book [of Oral transmission of important
data was official and highly respected. “The oral tradition was more highly
cultivated in India than in any other country, and was considered the
authentic version of a text to a much higher degree than any written book” (Ibid., p. 149). To carelessly dismiss these
ancient records as myth or inaccurate and unreliable is a travesty! It is for just such intellectual folly that
the identity of the man who initiated medical
practice, is to this day virtually unknown. To enable proper identification
of the inventors of medical practice 4000 years ago, every source — secular history,
written or oral, and the record of the Bible — must be considered. It is these ancient records, long
regarded as unreliable myth, which REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE FIRST
PHYSICIANS! Mythology Provides A Key! Myth simply means “an ancient traditional
story of gods or heroes . . . . a story with a veiled
meaning.” (Chambers, Chambers’
Twentieth Century Dictionary, p. 708.)
The political, religious, and medical history of every ancient
civilization is considered lost among these traditional origins. “The History of Medicine, in the
earlier ages of The present confusion results
from a de Notice! “The To secure to themselves the permanence
of this monopoly, and the full advantage of this DELUSION, the priests laboured with . . . skill, to disguise the rules
of their practice beneath a multitude of superstitious observances, and to
surround it with a fence of imposing and impenetrable mystery (Hamilton, The History of Medicine, Surgery
and Anatomy, p. 12). Though assuming a myriad of
forms universally, throughout the ages — all myth has essentially the same
origin! “ Though given varied names,
relevant to the language of the peoples by whom they were worshipped, the
gods of the ancient world were not nearly so many as it appears. “At a very early time it was . . . felt
that this immense multitude of gods represented but various aspects of ONE, the
divine being” (Sigerist,
A History of Medicine, p. 154).
On the surface, however, it appears that even the early history of
Greek medicine, like that of its political developments, is hopelessly lost
in mythology. Medicine was entirely in the
hands of a priestly caste to 500 B.C.
The priesthood of every nation practiced this device of deception and exclusivism to the time of Hippocrates. Hippocrates, himself, was a member of just
such a priesthood which perpetuated the myths! Even the renowned Hippocratic Oath gives
allegiance to the Greek pantheon of medical dieties: “I swear by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Hygieia,
by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses . . .” (Marti-Ibanez, The
Epic of Medicine, p. 65). The mirage of gods and goddesses
was a malicious farce — the important question is: To WHOM was Hippocrates swearing
allegiance? Scant few have ever thought this
question important! Virtually no one
has guessed the depths of antiquity to which he is referring. Supposedly the Father of Medicine himself,
he has preserved in Greek myth the true identity of the ancient
physicians who established the healing art!
Though securely hidden from the public, these priesthoods knew the
identity of the gods they worshipped. Who, then, was this “divine” being whom the Greeks called
APOLLO? Apollo Identified! Apollo was the great Greek god
of healing. He was “the inventor of
the healing art” (Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, p. 120). In his hymn to Apollo, Callimachus
wrote of the great physician: “And wise physicians taught
by him delay, The stroke of fate and turn
disease away.” Hippocrates was simply following
the tradition of centuries when he recognized Apollo’s authority in medical
matters — but Apollo was not Greek! Rather, he was the principal god
of an earlier Mediterranean people who settled in From what nation did the Greeks
import Apollo? The answer is Notice! The medical mythology of Osiris and Apollo are but NATIONAL REPRESENTATIONS of the same
individual! Other historians record this
fact. “Osiris
was much given to husbandry . . . [also] called by the Greeks Dionysus . .
.” (Williams, The Historians
History of the World, p. 28l).
Dionysus was a prominent healing deity of The worship of Osiris was INTERNATIONAL in scope! “In the course of time . . . Isis, Osiris, and Horus were universally
worshipped even beyond the boundaries of These central, prominent deities
were given as many as fifty different names!
OSIRIS was also called: Anepu, Apis, Serapis, Marduk, Enlil, Cosmas Belos, Vishnu, Surya, Dhanvantari, Moloch, Mithras, Du’uzu, Tammuz, Baal, Min, Dumuzi,
Adonis, Apollo, Bacchus, Phaethon, Anubis, Hephaestus, Saturn, and Pluto. As one historian writes, “We
find ourselves bewildered in a motley crowd . . . whom we are at a loss to
discriminate from each other” (Ibid., p. vi). The reason being that these many names, including
some titles, refer to only three original deities! Of course many of the above names later
became associated with certain nations and cities, but this was a gradual,
nationalistic development. Originally
all nations gave allegiance to a single triad of gods! Ancient Gods — Really Early
Rulers! It has often been said, “great
actions are often The traditional gods from
Dionysus and Heracles up to Zeus and Cronis were
simply ONE-WORLD RULERS and benefactors of mankind — who had by their
own insistence or the gratitude of their subjects been transferred to the
ranks of Heaven (Selwyn-Brpwn, The Physician
Throughout the Ages, p. 67). The mysticism we call mythology
today was well developed in the earliest As explained in Chapter IV, the
medical procedures used by the ancient physicians produced a remarkable
effect! It is easy to see how such
practitioners, in a profoundly religious age, could claim deification. Epidemics, exposing entire
nations to annihilation, posed a particularly dangerous threat. Rulership
depended on their ability to thwart the ravages of disease. This will be explained more fully in
the following chapter. The following
quotation reflects this vital interest in containing disease and the
subsequent public response to a Aristaios [Apollo-Osiris] . . . was
noted for his expertness in public health work and EPIDEMICS. When the plague visited Keos he went there and restored the public health, and
was rewarded by the building of a temple and healing sanctuary [in his name]
in that town. In other places he had
temples and was worshipped . . . (ibid., p. 65). Such results were considered
miracles! From what has been just said
[the miraculous recovery of Keos], we can readily
understand . . . HOW almost every nation of antiquity came to refer the
origin of medicine to the immediate instruction of the Gods; and HOW the
Isis and Osiris, the Apis
and Serapis of the Egyptians CAME TO BE REGARDED AS
DIVINITIES, and worshipped with divine honours
(Hamilton, The History of Medicine, Surgery and Anatomy, p.
9-10). These old world “benefactors”
had special, direct contact with supernatural powers and as a result were
themselves accorded divine attributes.
Later they were worshipped as gods — when in Today, the medical developments
of the ancient civilizations are obscured by mythology. Many records are lost or dismissed. However, one fact has clearly emerged — in
every nation the origin of medicine is coeval with the commencement of its
empire! The invention of medicine
is traced to the deified first kings whose rule was worldwide! Which Ancient Rulers? The evidence proving that the
ancient gods of medicine were simply early rulers is ample! The question now becomes WHICH RULERS? The key to this problem is a
matter of elimination. The answer
is easily found. In every case the central figure
in the medical pantheon is a MALE DEITY who is pictured discovering many drugs — at A single quotation for each is sufficient
for example: “THOTH [also
Apollo-Osiris] was also credited with the
discovery of healing herbs, of which . . . the Egyptians possessed a
great number” (McKenzie, The Infancy of Medicine, p. 21-22). From the few magic texts we have
quoted, it is apparent that HORUS, the child of Isis and Osiris .
. . appeared frequently and acquired himself special faculties to cure people
. . . . The Greeks and Romans worshipped him as a healing god also who
had been instructed in the healing art by his mother The god of healing, a deified
old-world ruler, was the first pharmacist — often called “the great
husbandman.” Who was he? Are there any ancient rulers credited with
the same discoveries? YES — The phenomenon
is worldwide! All nations point to one man as
originator! “Ata [the fourth sovereign — Teta’s mother-wife Uenephes]: A great plague broke out in [her]
reign” (ibid.). It was just such incidence of disease which
she was renown for attempting to control with her
“great magic.” Osiris, then is Athothis.
It follows that Uenephes is The Chinese established a
medical system, which according to tradition, is as ancient as the
monarchy. They have drawn the
whole [of medical] science from the experience of the ancients. To SHIN-NUNG the DIVINE HUSBANDMAN, is
the honor ascribed of having laid the foundation of this useful art. He [taught] that heaven had
created herbs to remedy diseases. He therefore examined their qualities and
communicated the result of his researches to the people. It has been justly inferred that the
remedies invented by hi According to ancient legends,
the origin of Chinese medicine is attributed to the Emperor Shin-Nung . . . . He is
said to have taught his subjects . . . compiling an herbal, in which more
than a hundred remedies are mentioned (Castiglioni,
A History of Medicine, p. 99). Tradition records that he
encountered as many as seventy different drugs in a single day. Shen-Nung, which may be spelled Shen,
Shun or Shin, is the second of the five legendary rulers
—
himself a god of medicine. However,
Shun was not Chinese; he was a foreigner. The Bamboo Annals make it clear Shun
was a black foreigner! His
identity will be revealed later. From earlier Agni is considered the first physician of In every nation the origin of
medicine invariably is traced back to a god and/or ancient ruler of the
empire’s first dynasty. This strange
phenomenon is universal! We have
already seen this is true in Can it yet be simplified
further? YES! Remember the first physicians of all
nations, excepting As Garrison previously stated, “ It is at this point that the
Bible becomes absolutely essential to the understanding of medical
history. It is the Bible which
reveals the names and the significance of the most ancient medical men and
their practice. The Biblical account of the
building of And the whole earth was of one
language and of one speech. And they
said one to another: “Come, let us
build us a city, and a tower . . . let us make us a
name. . . .” And the Lord said: “Behold, they are one people,
now nothing will be withholden from them. . .
.” From thence did the Lord scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth. The most complete secular record
of this event is that found in the Akkadian
Creation Epic. It includes the
statements which follow: “Having built a stage-tower a
great height, they set up in it an abode for MARDUK, Enlil
and Ea. This is It continues with the
establishment of a throne which dominated many other nations: the commencement of human
government! At this point the document is fragmentary
but one who dominates the human race is clearly mentioned: “He set up a throne Another in. . . . Verily, the most exalted is the
son. . . . His sovereignty is surpassing. .
. . MAY HE SHEPHERD THE HUMAN RACE!” The Biblical account reveals
who these first two rulers of ancient “With the reign of Nimrod Was The First Man To
Hold World Power! Now the seemingly coincidental
origins of medicine in This ancient Shun of the Chinese
records is none other than the BIBLICAL NIMROD! On to Immediately after the building
of The first four rulers of The Egyptian god Osiris (Athothis — Second
King) was the Apollo of the Greeks, the Baal of the
Phoenicians, the Agni of the Indians, the Shun
of the Chinese, the Nabu of the
Assyrians, the Tammuz of the Semites and the MARDUK of the
Babylonians. All these national
god-names refer to the NIMROD of the Bible! In The amazing story of how this
occurred — and WHY — is told in the following chapter. |
