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'''Hesy-Ra''', alt. '''Hesire''', was an official, [[physician]], possibly the first known in history, <ref>Adolphe Gutbub, ''Mélanges Adolphe Gutbub'', Université de Montpellier 1984, p.190</ref><ref>Ivan Van Sertima, ''Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern'', Transaction Publishers 1983, p.131</ref> and [[scribe]] who lived during the [[Third dynasty of Egypt]], served under the [[pharaoh]] [[Djoser]], and was buried in an elaborate tomb at [[Saqqara]]. He bore titles such as  "Chief of Dentists and Physicians" <ref>Helaine Selin, Hugh Shapiro, ''Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures,'' Springer 2003, p.35</ref> and "Chief of the King's Scribes."

Hesy-ra appears to have been renowned for his skill as a dentist and is thought by some to have recognized [[diabetes]] and [[polyuria]].<ref>M. Sara Rosenthal, ''The Type 2 Diabetic Woman'', McGraw-Hill Professional 1999, p.311</ref>

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