The art of medicine in ancient Egypt
By: James P. Allen with an essay by David T. Mininberg.
Contributors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Medicine, Egyptian -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Diseases and injuries were major concerns for ancient Egyptians. This book, featuring some sixty-four objects from the Metropolitan Museum, discusses how both practical and magical medicine informed Egyptian art and for the first time reproduces and translates treatments described in the spectacular Edwin Smith Papyrus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition "The art of medicine in ancient Egypt," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 13, 2005, to January 15, 2006."
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword / Philippe de Montebello; title: Acknowledgments / James P. Allen; title: Contributors to the catalogue; title: List of abbreviations; title: The art of medicine in ancient Egypt / James P. Allen; title: The legacy of ancient Egyptian medicine / David T. Mininberg; title: Note to the reader; title: Catalogue.