Who invented medical stitches?

Humans have been closing wounds with medical stitches, also known as sutures, for thousands of years. The earliest people known to use suturing techniques were the Ancient Egyptians: archeological evidence including actual suture kits have been dated back to at least 3000 BC.

Descriptions of caring for & stitching wounds have been described throughout antiquity by physicians of various civilizations including ancient India, Greece, and Rome.

Suturing needles, materials, and techniques have varied over the following years, but the most important advancement wouldn't come until the late 1800s.

It was then that advancements in surgical sterilization introduced & developed by English Surgeon Joseph Lister made suturing and other procedures safer and more sanitary for patients & doctors alike.