London Medical Papyrus

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London Medical Papyrus
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Createdc. 1325 BC
Discoveredbefore 1913
Egypt
Present location London, England, United Kingdom

The London Medical Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus in the British Museum, London. The writings of this papyrus are of 61 recipes, of which 25 are classified as medical while the remainder are of magic. [1]

Contents

The medical subjects of the writing are skin complaints, eye complaints, bleeding [2] (predominantly with the intent of preventing miscarriage through magical methods) and burns.

The papyrus was first published in 1912 in Leipzig by Walter Wreszinski. [3]

The papyrus is also known as BM EA 10059. [4]

See also

References

  1. "The Oldest Medical Books in the World". Ancient Medicine - World Research News Articles. World Research Foundation. Retrieved 2011-09-29. Excerpts taken from Magic and Medical Science in Ancient Egypt, by Paul Ghalioungui (1963)
  2. Waraksa, Elizabeth A. (2009). Female Figurines from the Mut Precinct: Context and Ritual Function. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 240. Fribourg / Göttingen: Academic Press Fribourg / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN   978-3-525-53456-4.
  3. Steiner, Richard C. (July 1992). "Northwest Semitic Incantations in an Egyptian Medical Papyrus of the Fourteenth Century B.C.E. (dedicated to the memory of Klaus Baer)". Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 51 (3). University of Chicago Press: 191–200. doi:10.1086/373551. JSTOR   545544. PMID   16468200. S2CID   7236600.
  4. "Google search page showing referenced content" . Retrieved 2011-09-29.