Archaeology: Egyptian Medicine

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Egyptian Medicine Dec 14th 2011, 08:50 The ancient Egyptians were pioneers in the field of medicine, as I discovered when I was poking around in among the papyrus swamp. A page from the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, dated ca. 1550 BC. Photo by Jeff Dahl This image is a page from the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, a medical training document that includes 48 cases of battlefield injuries and how to treat them. Skull fractures, puncture wounds, spinal injuries, all of these are listed with diagnoses, recommended treatment and order of triage: which can be treated, which needs work to heal, which cannot be healed. Along with the Ebers Papyrus, these two manuscripts from the 16th century BC show us just how advanced a medical community there was. Read more about Egyptian Medicine

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