![]() The source of the papyrus is unknown, but it was said to have been found between the legs of a mummy in the El-Assasif district of the Theban necropolis. Like the Edwin Smith Papyrus, the Ebers Papyrus came into the possession of Edwin Smith in 1862. Some rate this table to be "the most valuable chronological tool from Egypt that we are ever likely to possess". Since 1906 we have a transcript by Kurt Sethe. In the time of Amenhotep I a calendar table was written on the verso side of the papyrus. Several examples of such repellents can be found in the text. The use of insect repellents derived from plants and other organisms found in nature is known from the time of the Ebers Papyrus. Yellow ochre is also described as a remedy for urological complaints. It is prescribed for intestinal and eye complaints. One of the more common remedies described in the papyrus is ochre, or medicinal clay. ![]() Guinea-worm disease: "Wrap the emerging end of the worm around a stick and slowly pull it out." 3,500 years later, this remains the standard treatment.Diabetes mellitus: "Drink a mixture including elderberry, asit plant fibres, milk, beer-swill, cucumber flowers, and green dates." It is not known what "asit" is.Birth control: "To prevent conception, smear a paste of dates, acacia, and honey to wool and apply as a pessary.".Examples of medical remedies Įxamples of remedies in the Ebers Papyrus include: The Ebers papyrus may be considered a precursor of ancient Greek humeral pathology and the subsequently established theory of humorism, providing a historical connection between ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and medieval medicine. The "channel theory" was prevalent at the time of writing of the Ebers papyrus it suggested that unimpeded flow of bodily fluids is a prerequisite for good health. The papyrus contains chapters on contraception, diagnosis of pregnancy and other gynecological matters, intestinal disease and parasites, eye and skin problems, dentistry, the surgical treatment of abscesses and tumors, bone-setting, and burns. The descriptions of these disorders suggest that Egyptians conceived of mental and physical diseases in much the same way. Disorders such as depression and dementia are covered. Mental disorders are detailed in a chapter of the papyrus called the Book of Hearts. The ancient Egyptians seem to have known little about the kidneys and made the heart the meeting point of a number of vessels which carried all the fluids of the body-blood, tears, urine and semen. It notes that the heart is the centre of the blood supply, with vessels attached for every member of the body. The papyrus contains a "treatise on the heart". It contains many incantations meant to turn away disease-causing demons and there is also evidence of a long tradition of empiricism. The scroll contains some 700 magical formulas and folk remedies. The Ebers Papyrus is written in hieratic Egyptian writing and represents the most extensive and best-preserved record of ancient Egyptian medicine known. The treatment for asthma suggested in the Ebers papyrus is a mixture of herbs heated on a brick so that the patient could inhale their fumes Īnother document, the Carlsberg papyrus, is identical to the Ebers Papyrus, though the provenance of the former is unknown. ![]() The Brugsch and the London Medical papyri share some of the same information as the Ebers Papyrus. 1300 BCE), the Ebers Papyrus is among the oldest preserved medical documents. 1300 BCE), and the London Medical Papyrus ( c. Īlong with the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus ( c. The Ebers Papyrus is a 110-page scroll, which is about 20 meters long. 1550 BCE, during the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom, but it is believed to have been copied from earlier Egyptian texts. The papyrus was written in Ancient Egypt in c. It is currently kept at the Leipzig University Library in Germany. Among the oldest and most important medical papyri of Ancient Egypt, it was purchased at Luxor in the winter of 1873–1874 by the German Egyptologist Georg Ebers. 1550 BCE (the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom). The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to c.
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