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Bookmark or Share- Edwin Smith Papyrus - WikipediaThe Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise [2] on trauma. This document, which may have been a manual of military surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors. [3]
- Edwin Smith Papyrus - New World EncyclopediaEdwin Smith Papyrus, or Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, is a preserved medical document from ancient Egypt that traces to about the sixteenth to seventeenth century B.C.E. but actually is the only surviving copy of part of a much older treatise on trauma surgery from about 3000 to 2500 B.C.E.
- The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Volume 1: Hieroglyphic ...Behind the scientifically accurate study and publication of The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, the most important document in the history of science surviving from the pre-Greek age of mankind (seventeenth century b.c.), lies a story as remarkable as the papyrus itself.
- Edwin Smith papyrus | Ancient Egyptian, Medical Texts ...Edwin Smith papyrus, (c. 1600 bc), ancient Egyptian medical treatise, believed to be a copy of a work dating from c. 3000 bc. Apparently intended as a textbook on surgery, it begins with clinical cases of head injuries and works systematically down the body, describing in detail examination, diagnosis , treatment, and prognosis in each case.
- Edwin Smith | American Egyptologist | Britannica…in 1862 by the American Edwin Smith, a pioneer in the study of Egyptian science. Upon his death in 1906, the papyrus was given to the New York Historical Society and turned over to U.S. Egyptologist James Henry Breasted in 1920 for study.
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