Medicine And Healing Practices In Ancient Egypt

Author : Rosalie David,Roger Forshaw
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837644650

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Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David,Roger Forshaw Pdf

Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt provides a new perspective on healthcare and healing treatments in Egypt from the Predynastic to the Roman periods. Rather than concentrating exclusively on diseases and medical conditions as evidenced in ancient sources, it provides a ‘people-focused’ perspective, asking what it was like to be ill or disabled in this society? Who were the healers? To what extent did disease occurrence and treatment reflect individual social status? As well as geographical, environmental and dietary factors, which undoubtedly affected general health, some groups were prone to specific hazards. These are discussed in detail, including soldiers’ experience of trauma, wounds and exposure to epidemics; and conditions - blindness, sand pneumoconiosis, trauma and limb amputations – resulting from working conditions at building and other sites. Methods of diagnosis and treatment were derived from special concepts about disease and medical ethics. These are explored, as well as the individual contributions and professional interactions of various groups of healers and carers. Medical training and practice occurred in various locations, including temples and battlefields; these are described, as well as the treatments and equipment that were available. Ancient writers generally praised the Egyptian healers’ knowledge, expertise, and professional relationship with their patients. A brief comparison is drawn between this approach and those prevailing elsewhere in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome. Finally, Egypt’s legacy, transmitted through Greek, Roman and Arabic sources, is confirmed as the source of some principles and practices still found in modern ‘Western’ medicine. Combining information from the latest studies on human remains and the authors’ biomedical research, this book brings the subject up to date, enabling a wide readership to access often scattered information in a fascinating synthesis.

Author : Effie Gemi-Iordanou,Stephen Gordon,Robert Matthew,Ellen McInnes
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781782971580

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Medicine, Healing and Performance by Effie Gemi-Iordanou,Stephen Gordon,Robert Matthew,Ellen McInnes Pdf

Whether it is the binding of shattered bones or the creation of herbal remedies, human agency is a central feature of the healing process. Both archaeological and anthropological research has contributed much to our understanding of the performative aspects of medicine. The papers contained in this volume, based on a session conducted at the 2010 Theoretical Archaeology Conference, take a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, addressing such issues as the cultural conception of disease; the impact of gender roles on healing strategies; the possibilities afforded by syncretism; the relationship between material culture and the body; and the role played by the active agency of the sick.

Author : James P. Allen,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art, Egyptian
ISBN : 9781588391704

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The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt by James P. Allen,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

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.

Author : John F. Nunn
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0806135042

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Ancient Egyptian Medicine by John F. Nunn Pdf

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.

Author : J. Worth Estes
Publisher : Science History Publications/USA
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015037455329

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The Medical Skills of Ancient Egypt by J. Worth Estes Pdf

A series of informal "snapshots" illustrating what can be inferred about Egyptians' illnesses and their treatments in the days of the Pharaohs. For a general audience. Paper edition (unseen), $10.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Cornelius Stetter
Publisher : Quintessence Publishing (IL)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History of Medicine, Ancient
ISBN : 0867152656

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The Secret Medicine of the Pharoahs by Cornelius Stetter Pdf

Healing secrets from history's first physicians.

Author : Ibrahim M. Eltorai
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000546958

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A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine by Ibrahim M. Eltorai Pdf

This unique volume provides the reader with an outline of ancient Egyptian civilization, history and culture. It reviews the ancient Egyptian understanding of human health and disease, medical and herbal treatments for various conditions based on primary sources found in ancient papyri. The reader will also gain an insight into the influence of ancient Egyptian medical knowledge on later civilizations including ancient Greek and Islamic scholars in the middle ages. There are two chapters that focus on the ancient Egyptian understanding and treatments of cardiovascular disease as well as a description of herbal medicines used by medical practitioners and pharmacologists. Key Features: Describes influence of ancient Egyptian medical and pharmaceutical knowledge of subsequent civilizations Explores ancient Egyptian pharmacology and herbal medicine Review of the most significant ancient Egyptian papyri documenting medical knowledge and practice Concise overview of ancient Egyptian history, culture, medical knowledge Summary of ancient Egyptian understanding of cardiovascular diseases and treatments

Author : Charles Savona-Ventura
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780244335014

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Ancient Egyptian Medicine by Charles Savona-Ventura Pdf

The medicine of the ancient Egyptians is some of the oldest documented. From the beginnings of the civilization in the late fourth millennium BC until the Persian invasion of 525 BC, Egyptian medical practice went largely unchanged but was highly advanced for its time, including simple non-invasive surgery, setting of bones, dentistry, and an extensive set of pharmacopoeia. Egyptian medical thought influenced later traditions, including the Greeks. Until the 19th century, the main sources of information about ancient Egyptian medicine were writings from later in antiquity. The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt around 440 BC and wrote extensively of his observations of their medicinal practice. Pliny the Elder also wrote favourably of them in historical review. Hippocrates (the ""father of medicine""), Herophilos, Erasistratus and later Galen studied at the temple of Amenhotep, and acknowledged the contribution of ancient Egyptian medicine to Greek medicine.

Author : Andrew Gordon,Calvin Schwabe
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047404163

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The Quick and the Dead by Andrew Gordon,Calvin Schwabe Pdf

A cross-disciplinary approach suggesting that the origin of ancient Egyptian medicine began with the domestication of cattle in Africa and the attempt to control disease. With the sacrifice of these animals, the Egyptians began to understand anatomy and physiology, which they then applied to humans.

Author : Laura M. Zucconi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Communication in medicine
ISBN : IND:30000127516908

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Can No Physician be Found? by Laura M. Zucconi Pdf

Author : Bruno Halioua,Bernard Ziskind
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0674017021

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Medicine in the Days of the Pharaohs by Bruno Halioua,Bernard Ziskind Pdf

Evidence of the medical practice of ancient Egypt has come down to us not only in pictorial art but also in papyrus scrolls, in funerary inscriptions, and in the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptians themselves. Halioua and Ziskind provide a comprehensive account of pharaonic medicine that is illuminated by what modern science has discovered about the lives (and deaths) of people from all walks of life.

Author : Philippa Lang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004235519

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Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt by Philippa Lang Pdf

Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Yet illness affects and is affected by nutrition, disease and reproduction within larger questions of demography, agriculture and environment. It is crucial to every socio-economic group, all ages, and both sexes; perceptions and responses to illness are ubiquitous in all kinds of evidence, both Greek and Egyptian and from archaeology to literature. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain.

Author : Jane Louise Draycott
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 1407310143

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Approaches to Healing in Roman Egypt by Jane Louise Draycott Pdf

It refines the study of healing within Roman provincial culture, identifies diagnostic features of healing in material culture and offers a more contextualised reading of ancient medical literary and documentary papyri and archaeological evidence. This study differs from previous attempts to examine healing in Roman Egypt in that it tries, as far as possible, to encompass the full spectrum of healing strategies available to the inhabitants of the province. The first part of this study comprises two chapters and focuses on the practitioners of healing strategies, both 'professional' and 'amateur'. Chapter 2 examines those areas of ancient medicine that have traditionally been neglected or summarily dismissed by scholars: 'domestic' and 'folk' medicine with particular emphasis on the extent to which the specific natural environment of any given location affects healing strategies.

Author : Philippa Lang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004218581

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Medicine and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt by Philippa Lang Pdf

Current questions on whether Hellenistic Egypt should be understood in terms of colonialism and imperialism, multicultural separatism, or integration and syncretism have never been closely studied in the context of healing. Examing all forms of healing within the specific socioeconomic and environmental constraints of the Ptolemies’ Egypt, this book explores how linguistic, cultural and ethnic affiliations and interactions were expressed in the medical domain. Topics include the environmental and demographic background, perceptions of Greek and Egyptian medicine, the intersection between religion and healing, interactions on the theoretical and textual plane, diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics in practice, and the range of medical practitioners. The book concludes with a case study of medicine in Ptolemaic Alexandria.

Author : Winston Black
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781554813902

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Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West: A History in Documents by Winston Black Pdf

Medicine and Healing in the Premodern West traces the history of medicine and medical practice from Ancient Egypt through to the end of the Middle Ages. Featuring nearly one hundred primary documents and images, this book introduces readers to the words and ideas of men and women from across Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, from prominent physicians to humble healers. Each of the book’s ten chronological and thematic chapters is given a significant historical introduction, in which each primary source is described in its original context. Many of the included source texts are newly translated by the editor, some of them appearing in English for the first time.