The enemy of knowledge

[The Valkyrie]

The usual excuse I get is, "But god gave the doctors their skills and knowledge".

If so, why the long years in medical school, then internship and then residency?

well lets see the people in Egypt were very hygienic and were more advanced with medication and treatments than the middle east for the most part. remember people back then except for the Egyptians were just plain stupid they really only had simple mind sets back then. sadly it progressed and followed to the modern era.

It's interesting that in the Dark Ages when Europe was being ravaged by the black death that it had barely any effect in the Middle East. Of course, in those days Islam was for more advanced, scientifically, than much of the Christian world.