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050 00 $aR137$b.N86 1996
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100 1 $aNunn, J. F.$q(John Francis)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50028289
245 10 $aAncient Egyptian medicine /$cJohn F. Nunn.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $a240 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tThe land of the Nile --$g2.$tThe medical papyri --$g3.$tConcepts of anatomy, physiology and pathology --$g4.$tThe pattern of disease --$g5.$tMagic and religion in medicine --$g6.$tThe healers --$g7.$tDrug therapy --$g8.$tSurgery, trauma and dangerous animals --$g9.$tSpecialised branches of medicine --$g10.$tEpilogue --$tAppendix B: Concordance of tabulations of known doctors (swnw) --$tAppendix C: Pharmacological properties of some Egyptian herbal remedies --$tAppendix D: Egyptian words appearing in the text.
520 $aThe skills of the ancient Egyptians in preserving bodies through mummification are well known, but their expertise in the everyday medical practices needed to treat the living is less familiar and often misinterpreted. John F. Nunn draws on his own experience as an eminent doctor of medicine and an Egyptologist to reassess the evidence.
520 8 $aHe has translated and reviewed the original Egyptian medical papyri and has reconsidered other sources of information, including skeletons, mummies, statues, tomb paintings and coffins.
520 8 $aIllustrations highlight symptoms of similar conditions in patients ancient and modern, and the criteria by which the Egyptian doctors made their diagnoses - many still valid today - are evaluated in the light of current medical knowledge. In addition, an appendix listing all known named doctors contains previously unpublished additions from newly translated texts. Spells and incantations and the relationship of magic and religion to medical practice are also explored.
520 8 $aIncorporating the most recent insights of modern medicine and Egyptology, the result is the most comprehensive and authoritative general book to be published on this fascinating subject for many years.
650 0 $aMedicine, Egyptian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083137
852 00 $bglx$hR137$iN86 1996