Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
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MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT - 3<br />
EBERS PAPYRUS SCROLL 1550 BC<br />
• Purchased in 1872 by German Egyptologist <strong>and</strong><br />
novelist Georg Ebers, now found in University<br />
Library <strong>of</strong> Leipzig, Germany<br />
• First systematic list <strong>of</strong> medical experience<br />
- Three fields <strong>of</strong> medical activity:<br />
Physicians; chirurgeons; magi, exorcist<br />
- Three categories <strong>of</strong> <strong>disease</strong>s: Symptoms that can<br />
be treated; that can be battled; that cannot be cured<br />
• HEART: Centre <strong>of</strong> blood supply, meeting point <strong>of</strong><br />
numbers <strong>of</strong> vessels that carried all the fluids <strong>of</strong> the<br />
body — blood, tears, urine <strong>and</strong> sperm.<br />
• DISEASES, MEDICAL ACTIVITIES: Depression,<br />
dementia, contraception, diagnosis <strong>of</strong> pregnancy,<br />
other gynaecological matters, intestinal <strong>disease</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
parasites, eye <strong>and</strong> skin problems, dentistry, surgical<br />
treatment <strong>of</strong> tumours, bone-setting, burns.<br />
- Asthma: A mixture <strong>of</strong> herbs heated on a brick – a<br />
sufferer could inhale their fumes.<br />
- Death: Half an onion <strong>and</strong> the froth <strong>of</strong> beer - "a<br />
delightful remedy against death."
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