He sounds like the Einstein of his age. I wonder if leprosy was one of those diseases that just showed up suddenly like AIDS, SARS, or the Ebola type viruses? Any sign that it existed earlier like in the DNA of ancient remains?
Imhotep was an artist, poet, builder, philosopher, surgeon and doctor. He was also the smartest man around. Pharaoh Dozer was smart enough to put him in charge. They became drinking buddies, good friends, and ruled Egypt together. He was a commoner—this didn’t happen much. The Egyptians used eye shadow make up (they didn’t have sunglasses) but the make up was infused with antibiotics—eye infections were almost unknown to them. This may have help keep leprosy away? They also were paranoid about keeping hospitals and patients clean! All items—were passed through the “Sacred Flame” before being used.