17314
Accession Number
33708
Title Of Article Chaper
The rise and decline of surgery in dynastic Egypt
Title Of Journal Book
Antiquity
Volume
63
Issue
239
Pages
312-319
Collation
4 figs.
Reference Bibliography
18 refs.
ISSN
0003-598X
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Egyptian mummified bodies and texts together offer a unique insight into the medical skills of an early civilization. The evidence for surgery is surveyed, and a pattern of rise and decline identified in its accomplishment.
Keywords
Egypt;animal materials;Egyptian;mummies;medicine;pathology; surgery; archaeozoology
pub_id
17314