Proto-Surgery in Ancient Egypt

This article investigates the evidence we have for the existence of proto-surgery in ancient Egypt during the Dynastic Period (c.3200 - 323 BC). Climate and chance have preserved medical literature as well as paleoarcheological specimens and these artefacts, along with extant Greek and Roman treatis...

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Main Author: Richard Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 1998-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/41/3/0109/