Medicine and Magic

The ancient Egyptians believed that to be cured from an illness you needed medicine and magic. There is an example somewhere of somebody with a runny nose who took his medicine and said in the name of Ptah runny nose go away.

The ancient Egyptians had some funny ways of curing illness but the best one I have ever heard is, if you went to the doctor with a migraine he would sit you down and ask what side your migraine was on. When you told him what side it was, the doctor would then hit you on the other side with a dead fish. Did it work? You try it and let me know.

They also had a pregnancy test, they would insert garlic into a woman's body and if they could smell garlic a week later it meant she was pregnant.You are also free to try that to see if it is true.
There was even away to find out if a woman was having a boy or a girl, they would get the woman to urinate on two different types of grain, a masculine and a feminine. Which ever one grew quicker was the answer to the question.
I have heard that they were also right about 80% of the time but I am not sure if that is true or not.