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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1989;74:960-961
© 1989 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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PESESHET—THE FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN?

W Benson Harer, Jr, MD and Zenab el-Dawakhly, MA

From the American Research Center and the Center for Documentation, Cairo, Egypt

Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument dedicated to his mother Peseshet, who is identified by many important titles including "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is probably the world's earliest known woman physician. She practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC.




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