KILLING...AND CURING
(Do not mess up this page! Or else...probably) INTRODUCTION : HI everyone, Welcome to the page of killing and curing.
This page is all about Ancient Eygpt medicine, spells and how lucky you are that you are not an Ancient Eygptian.
Ancient Eygptian doctors are very different to modern doctors. Ancient Eygptian doctors use weird medicine and spells.(One kind of medicine is made out of different kinds of POO smashed all together!) EWW.....
Illness is in no way a new thing, and if you happened to be alive and sick during the time of the pharaohs, there was most likely a medicine treatment of some sort to help you through. However, in ancient Egypt, medicine the way we think of it now was not always the preferred method of curing diseases.
(Do not mess up this page! Or else...probably)
INTRODUCTION :
HI everyone, Welcome to the page of killing and curing.
This page is all about Ancient Eygpt medicine, spells and how lucky you are that you are not an Ancient Eygptian.
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Ancient Eygptian doctors are very different to modern doctors. Ancient Eygptian doctors use weird medicine and spells.(One kind of medicine is made out of different kinds of POO smashed all together!) EWW.....
Illness is in no way a new thing, and if you happened to be alive and sick during the time of the pharaohs, there was most likely a medicine treatment of some sort to help you through. However, in ancient Egypt, medicine the way we think of it now was not always the preferred method of curing diseases.
Ancient Egyptian Medicine refers to the practices of healing common in Ancient Egypt from c. 33 century BC until the Persian invasion of 525 BC. This medicine was highly advanced for the time, and included simple, non-invasive surgery, setting of bones and an extensive set of pharmacopeia. While ancient Egyptian remedies are often characterized in modern culture by magical incantations and dubious ingredients, research in biomedical Egyptology shows they were often effective and sixty-seven percent of the known formulae complied with the 1973 British Pharmaceutical Codex.Medical texts specified specific steps of examination, diagnosis, prognosis and treatments that were often rational and appropriate.
Helpful Links:
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibitions/egypt/guide.htm
http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Egypt.html
http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_egypt.htm