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Egypt - Medicine

Ancient Egyptian medical papyri and other resources on Egyptian ophthalmology, venereal disease, tuberculosis, and physicians.
EGYPT: A-F | G-M | N-R | S-Z
Berlin Papyrus
From Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, a photo of a transcription of the Berlin Papyrus that Borchardt made in 1899.
Medicine in Ancient Egypt
Useful synopsis of the Ebers Papyrus and description of content of the Kahun Gynecological Papyrus. Also includes diseases known to have afflicted the Egyptians.
Medicine in Old Egypt
Imhotep, Egyptian Physicians and the content of the medical papyri. Discussion of the study of anatomy.

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