Egypt
The Royal Society of Medicine
- Inside The Field Of 'corpse Medicine'
Daily Mail (Leon Watson) Doctors have long known that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. But in 'corpse medicine' - the idea of treating ills by swallowing body parts and fluids - a little sweetener wouldn't make a blind bit of...
- Book Review (catalogue): The Art Of Medicine
Art Museum Journal Allen, James P., et al. The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. With photos. Ancient Egyptians preserved one's ka (life force) after death through mummification. They were...
- London's Ancient Egyptian Medicine Exhibit Disappointing
Thanks to Stan Parchin for sending me this note. Apparently the exhibit organizers expected nobody but doctors to attend. Suite101's intrepid Contributing Writer Frances Spiegel reported on December 10, 2008 that the exhibition Ancient Egyptian Medicine...
- The Pharaohs' Pharmacists
New Scientist (Stephanie Pain) The online version of this article requires you to be a subscriber to the New Scientist magazine. However, the print edition is widely available if you want to get hold of the full article without subscribing. The article...
- Egyptians, Not Greeks Were True Fathers Of Medicine
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/uom-eng050907.php"Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks. The research...
Egypt
Exhibition: Ancient Egyptian Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine
This major exhibition will focus on ancient Egyptian medicine. It will deal with health and disease, how the ancient Egyptians treated and cured it. You will meet Imhotep, the Egyptian god of medicine, and find out about mummification.
The displays will also include some stunning casts of medical artefacts and scans of other objects from other institutions.
From 1 December 2008 - 28 February 2009
- Inside The Field Of 'corpse Medicine'
Daily Mail (Leon Watson) Doctors have long known that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. But in 'corpse medicine' - the idea of treating ills by swallowing body parts and fluids - a little sweetener wouldn't make a blind bit of...
- Book Review (catalogue): The Art Of Medicine
Art Museum Journal Allen, James P., et al. The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. With photos. Ancient Egyptians preserved one's ka (life force) after death through mummification. They were...
- London's Ancient Egyptian Medicine Exhibit Disappointing
Thanks to Stan Parchin for sending me this note. Apparently the exhibit organizers expected nobody but doctors to attend. Suite101's intrepid Contributing Writer Frances Spiegel reported on December 10, 2008 that the exhibition Ancient Egyptian Medicine...
- The Pharaohs' Pharmacists
New Scientist (Stephanie Pain) The online version of this article requires you to be a subscriber to the New Scientist magazine. However, the print edition is widely available if you want to get hold of the full article without subscribing. The article...
- Egyptians, Not Greeks Were True Fathers Of Medicine
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/uom-eng050907.php"Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks. The research...