After Office Hours: PDF OnlyPESESHET—THE FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN?Harer, W Benson Jr MD; el-Dawakhly, Zenab MA Author Information From the American Research Center and the Center for Documentation, Cairo, Egypt Obstetrics & Gynecology 74(6):p 960-961, December 1989. Buy Abstract 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. © 1989 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
