The earliest recorded sources of medicine emanate from the 2 great centers of culture, Egypt and MesopotamiOf these the Egyptian records are important, especially the information available from surviving papyri. This article discusses notes on mental disorders in Pharaonic Egypt. The main sources for studying medical knowledge in ancient Egypt are the surviving papyri, which first required transliteration into modern languages. Furthermore, inscriptions on mummies, statues, and paintings have been studied. In Ancient Egypt, the philosophy of life and death centered upon the idea that these were part of a continuous cycle. The author discusses Egyptian beliefs and health and medicine and its practice in Ancient Egypt, including concepts such as the heart, brain, dreams, hysteria, sadness and depression, and suicide. During this time, suggestion played an important part in all forms of treatment, and the prescriptions recommended for illnesses were both detailed and undetailed.