Egyptian methods of diagnosis used information from the patients, but the actual taking of a detailed history had not yet been developed. Nevertheless, examinations were complex and included probing of wounds with the fingers and study the sputum, urine, feces, and other bodily emanations.  In as much as the pulse was recognized as being transmitted by the heart, it was carefully checked in different parts of the body, a practice continued on up to modern times.  Combinations of symptoms were occasionally grouped together, but for the most part the symptom was the disease i.e.: a cough or a fever was the actual illness.  This medically incorrect concept would also linger until nearly modern times.