File:Edwin Smith Papyrus v2.jpg

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current12:46, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:46, 3 January 20172,550 × 1,954 (1.95 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Smith_papyrus" class="extiw" title="w:Edwin Smith papyrus">Edwin Smith papyrus</a>, the world's oldest surviving surgical document. Written in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hieratic" class="extiw" title="w:hieratic">hieratic script</a> in ancient Egypt around 1600 B.C., the text describes anatomical observations and the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of 48 types of medical problems in exquisite detail. Among the treatments described are closing wounds with sutures, preventing and curing infection with honey and moldy bread, stopping bleeding with raw meat, and immobilization of head and spinal cord injuries. Translated in 1930, the document reveals the sophistication and practicality of ancient Egyptian medicine. Recto Column 6 (right) and 7 (left) of the papyrus, pictured here, discuss facial trauma. (Cases 12-20)
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