Folk Medicine - History

History

3000 BC - 18th century Folk medicine has been traced back as early as ancient Egypt in 3000 BC, though much of modern medicine stems from Greece. The Greek documents were later translated to Arabic and medicine had then continued to undergo further study in the Islamic world.

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