The Medical Skills of Ancient Egypt
By: J. Worth Estes
Edition: Revised Edition
Publisher: Science History Publications/USA
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Canton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780881351781
Copyright date: 1989
Subjects: Medicine, Egyptian.; History of Medicine, Ancient -- Egypt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: pagenum: ix
title: Introduction and Acknowledgements; title: Imhotep and the Pyramids
pagenum: 1
label: Prologue; title: Egyptian Healers
pagenum: 13
label: Chapter 1; title: The Egyptians and Their Diseases: The Archaeological Evidence
pagenum: 27
label: Chapter 2; title: Surgical Problems and Solutions
pagenum: 51
label: Chapter 3; title: The SWNW and Internal Medicine
pagenum: 72
label: Chapter 4; title: The SWNW's Medicines
pagenum: 92
label: Chapter 5; label: Epilogues
title: What Difference Did Egyptian Medicine Make; pagenum: 119
title: To the Ancient Egyptians?; pagenum: 121
title: To Later Civilizations?; pagenum: 123
title: To Imhotep?; title: The Materia Medica of Pharaonic Egypt
pagenum: 136
label: Appendix; pagenum: 159
label: Notes; pagenum: 191
label: Index