The quick and the dead: biomedical theory in ancient Egypt
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Main Author: Gordon, Andrew H., (Andrew Hunt) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2004
Series:Egyptological memoirs 4
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
This volume uses a cross-disciplinary approach to examine the origins of ancient Egyptian medicine in the domestication, care and sacrifice of cattle. Ritual cattle sacrifice in Egypt led to a rudimentary understanding of animal anatomy and physiology, which was then applied to humans. Two original theories developed from this comparative medicine: Life as movement, especially seen in the fasciolations of excised limbs, and the male's role in reproduction. Discussions include Egypt as a cattle culture, the "ka as an animating force, "living flesh," the possible animal origins of the "ankh, "djed and "was hieroglyphs, the bull's foreleg and the Opening-of-the-Mouth ritual, Egypt's healing establishment, and veterinary medicine as it relates to the origin of human medicine
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 236 p.)
ISBN:9004123911
9047404165
9789004123915
9789047404163

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