Thread by @chimaihueze

Shepherd of the Anus.

Now we all know that ancient Egypt had it rules, traditions etc

& we also know that there were all kinds of jobs linked to the Royal family, eg- magicians, doctors, priests, scribes, servants etc.

Medicine was a major part of ancient Egyptian culture and

They made some incredible advances for their time. Like we do today, ancient Egyptians had doctors for every body part of the body.

They had dentists for their teeth, optometrists for their eyes, and of course, Proctologist for their backsides.

Or, to translate the Egyptian word for “proctologists” literally, shepherds of the Anus.

So their job was, basically, everytime a pharaoh felt like he/she had stomach “problems”, the shepherd would have to come and check it out.

Sometimes they would have to remove the excrements of the pharaoh’s stomach.

Don't ask me how they did it.

There weren't called shepherds of the Anus by that time of course. That title was given to them much later, actually not long ago.

But that time they were called Proctologist. And they studied Proctology.

Proctology had only come so far at the time, so the job of a shepherd of the anus mostly consisted of giving people enemas.

Proctologists were specialists who knew exactly how to concoct and administer medications that go up the buttocks and who didn’t really do anything else with their time.

The Egyptians were proud of their enemas. They even had a whole myth behind them.

Enemas, they believed, were developed by the god Thoth and then passed on to man.
Interesting job.

It definitely never gets Boring (to say the least) 😁

Thanks for reading 😁

Source - Quora.