Erman Papyrus

The Erman Papyrus (P. Berlin 3027) is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus.[1] Fifteen columns of the papyrus are preserved, nine on the recto and six on the verso.[2] The papyrus dates to around 1600 BC at the end of the Second Intermediate Period.[3]

The papyrus was given to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin in 1886, and was first published in 1901 by Adolf Erman.[1] It is mostly concerned with childbirth and the health of infants, containing two prescriptions for unknown childhood diseases and a number of magical incantations for childbirth and the protection of infants.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sadek, Ashraf Alexandre (January 2001). "Some Aspects of Medicine in Pharonic Egypt". History of Medicine. Australian Academy of Medicine & Surgery. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  2. ^ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 9. hdl:1808/6339. LCCN 52012678.
  3. ^ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 15. hdl:1808/6339. LCCN 52012678.
  4. ^ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 14. hdl:1808/6339. LCCN 52012678.


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