Publication

2012-10-31 - Lockwood Press, Atlanta, GA, USA

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC610.962
  • LCCR127.3 .E95 2012

Description

The latest translation of the Edwin Smith Papyrus with a modern medical commentary. Includes full color photographs of the original papyrus, and a transcript of Edwin Smith's handwritten manuscript.

Description

Foreword / by W. Benson Harer, Jr. -- Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Note on column and line numbering -- General and medical introduction / by Gonzalo M. Sanchez -- Philological introduction / by Edmund S. Meltzer -- Visual index -- Cases on the main body of the papyrus "Recto" -- Appendix 1: Types of injuries in the Edwin Smith Papyrus -- Appendix 2: Neurological symptoms and signs in the Edwin Smith Papyrus -- Appendix 3: Case type and the verdict III: "A medical condition that cannot be handled/dealth with" -- Appendix 4: Medical considerations regarding nasal anatomical terminology -- Appendix 5: Edwin Smith's handwritten manuscript.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryPapyrusPapyrus SmithEgyptologistsAncient HistoryGeneral SurgeryEgyptian language

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Other Editions

  • The Edwin Smith Papyrus: Updated Translation of the Trauma Treatise and Modern Medical CommentariesHardcoverLockwood Press2012-10-31

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