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Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Volume 1

Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary; Volume 2: Facsimile Plates and Line for Line Hieroglyphic Transliteration

James H Breasted author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Published:1st Jan '91

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Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Volume 1 cover

The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is one of the most important documents in the history of science, and one of the oldest known scientific treatises surviving from ancient Egypt. It includes, for example, an early word for "brain", and the surgeon repeatedly, because of his scientific interest in the observable facts, discusses cases of injured men whom he has no hope of saving. Volume 1 contains a historical introduction to the document, followed by translation and commentary. Volume 2 contains collotype facsimiles of the Papyrus, which originally was in a continuous roll but has now been cut into columns of text.

ISBN: 9780918986733

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2263g

596 pages