Egypt
- Egyptian Mummies As Commodities
Suite 101 (Jenn Ostrowski) From medicine to entertainment, many ancient Egyptians did not get the peace they sought after death despite their efforts to preserve their dead. Ancient Egyptians believed that after death their souls would survive, and that...
- Mmmm, Yummy ... Mummies!
guardian.co.ukNowadays, powdered mummy may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for many years it was just what the doctor ordered. That's one of the takeaway messages of Richard Sugg's study Good Physic but Bad Food: Early Modern Attitudes to...
- 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...
- What Does Medicine Owe To Africa?
BBC News Health (Jane Elliott) The contribution of European culture to medicine has long been recognised. The Greeks are thought by many to be forerunners of modern medicine - they studied the progression of disease, they knew something of the inner workings...
- Pitt May Unravel Mummy Mystery
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_505609.html"The child mummy entombed in glass on the third floor of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has kept a secret for more than two millenniums. Today, scientists and doctors...
Egypt
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 difference.
First up is Mummy Powder, which was purported to be the ground up remains of the ancient kings of Egypt.
This was a popular medicine used from the 12th to the 17th century to cure everything from headaches to stomach ulcers, according to Compiled by 109.com, which compiled the list.
- Egyptian Mummies As Commodities
Suite 101 (Jenn Ostrowski) From medicine to entertainment, many ancient Egyptians did not get the peace they sought after death despite their efforts to preserve their dead. Ancient Egyptians believed that after death their souls would survive, and that...
- Mmmm, Yummy ... Mummies!
guardian.co.ukNowadays, powdered mummy may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for many years it was just what the doctor ordered. That's one of the takeaway messages of Richard Sugg's study Good Physic but Bad Food: Early Modern Attitudes to...
- 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...
- What Does Medicine Owe To Africa?
BBC News Health (Jane Elliott) The contribution of European culture to medicine has long been recognised. The Greeks are thought by many to be forerunners of modern medicine - they studied the progression of disease, they knew something of the inner workings...
- Pitt May Unravel Mummy Mystery
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_505609.html"The child mummy entombed in glass on the third floor of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has kept a secret for more than two millenniums. Today, scientists and doctors...