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The Secret Medicine of the Pharoahs: Ancient Egyptian Healing
1993, Edition Q
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in English
0867152656 9780867152654
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Denn alles steht seit Ewigkeit geschrieben: Die geheime Medizin der Pharaonen
1990, Quintessence Publishing
in German
3928036033 9783928036030
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Land and Its People Over 5,000 Years. 7
Prologue: How the Hieroglyphs Were Rediscovered. 21
The Secrets of the Papyri. 25
How an Illness Develops. 45
May the Heart be Happy: Medical Life in Egypt. 51
Imhotep: The Doctor Who Became a God. 65
Disease and Deformity: Obesity, Hunchbacks, and Dwarfs. 69
Travels With Hatshepsut. 81
Love, Lust, and Birth. 85
Practical Therapeutics: "First the teeth, then the eyes". 91
Magical-Religious Treatments. 101
Remedies: From the Electric Ray to the Poppy. 107
Body Maintenance and Care: Hygiene and Circumcision. 123
Spiritual and Divine Order. 135
The Book of the Dead. 141
The Trip to the Other Side. 147
Epilogue. 169
Glossary. 173
References. 179
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182).
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