Ancient Egyptian Medicine
By: John F. Nunn
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Norman, OK, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780806128313
Copyright date: 1996
Subjects: Medicine, Egyptian
Description: The 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.

He has translated and reviewed the original Egyptian medical papyri and has reconsidered other sources of information, including skeletons, mummies, statues, tomb paintings and coffins.

Illustrations 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 In addition, an appendix listing all known named doctors contains previously unpublished additions from newly translated texts.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.

Incorporating 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and indexes.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: 6; label: Chapter 1
title: The land of the Nile
pagenum: 8; label: Chapter 2
title: The medical papyri
pagenum: 24; label: Chapter 3
title: Concepts of anatomy, physiology and pathology
pagenum: 42; label: Chapter 4
title: The pattern of disease
pagenum: 64; label: Chapter 5
title: Magic and religion in medicine
pagenum: 96; label: Chapter 6
title: The healers
pagenum: 113; label: Chapter 7
title: Drug therapy
pagenum: 136; label: Chapter 8
title: Surgery, trauma and dangerous animals
pagenum: 163; label: Chapter 9
title: Specialised branches of medicine
pagenum: 191; label: Chapter 10
title: Epilogue
pagenum: 206; label: Appendix A
title: Chronological table
pagenum: 210; label: Appendix B
title: Concordance to tabulations of known doctors (swnw)
pagenum: 211; label: Appendix C
title: Pharmacological properties of some Egyptian herbal remidies
pagenum: 215; label: Appendix D
title: Egyptian words appearing in the text
pagenum: 217; title: Bibliography and recommended reading
pagenum: 227; title: Index of citations and translations of medical texts
pagenum: 234; title: General index
pagenum: 236