A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine
eBook - ePub

A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

About this book

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

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Yes, you can access A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine by Ibrahim M. Eltorai in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781000556599
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Author
  10. Chapter 1 Why Study the History of Medicine?
  11. Chapter 2 The Egyptian Land
  12. Chapter 3 The Diet, Hygiene, and Social Life
  13. Chapter 4 The Afterlife in Ancient Egyptian Beliefs
  14. Chapter 5 Medicine, Religion, and Magic
  15. Chapter 6 Egyptian Medicine
  16. Chapter 7 Influence of Ancient Egyptian Medicine on Greek Medicine and Beyond
  17. Chapter 8 The Egyptian Physicians and Their Assistants
  18. Chapter 9 The Sources of the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine: The Papyri
  19. Chapter 10 Ancient Egyptian Medical Sciences
  20. Chapter 11 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases (in the Modern Era)
  21. Chapter 12 Clinical Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases in Ancient Egypt (From the Ebers Papyrus: The Vascular Text)
  22. Chapter 13 Paleopathology of Cardiovascular Diseases and Pathogenesis with Analysis
  23. Chapter 14 Ancient Egyptian Pharmacology
  24. Chapter 15 Tribute to the Scribe
  25. References
  26. Appendix: Book Reviews