![]() ![]() The Roman physician, Celsus (25 BC - 50 AD), later translated the Greek term into cancer, the Latin word for crab. In Greek, these words refer to a crab, most likely applied to the disease because the finger-like spreading projections from a cancer called to mind the shape of a crab. The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), who is considered the “Father of Medicine.” Hippocrates used the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming tumors. The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.” Origin of the word cancer It describes 8 cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast that were removed by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. It’s called the Edwin Smith Papyrus and is a copy of part of an ancient Egyptian textbook on trauma surgery. Our oldest description of cancer (although the word cancer was not used) was discovered in Egypt and dates back to about 3000 BC. Bony skull destruction as seen in cancer of the head and neck has been found, too. Growths suggestive of the bone cancer called osteosarcoma have been seen in mummies. ![]() Some of the earliest evidence of cancer is found among fossilized bone tumors, human mummies in ancient Egypt, and ancient manuscripts. So it’s no surprise that from the dawn of history people have written about cancer. Human beings and other animals have had cancer throughout recorded history. ![]()
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