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Health Care in Ancient Egypt

WEBBy Barbara Wilcox. Ancient Egyptian workers in a village that’s now called Deir el-Medina were beneficiaries of what Stanford Egyptologist Anne Austin calls “the earliest documented governmental health care plan.”

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WEBStanford postdoctoral scholar Anne Austin examines the skeletal remains of ancient Egyptians found in the burial sites of Deir el-Medina. (Photo courtesy of Anne Austin)

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Herbal medicine in ancient Egypt

WEBApart from spiritual healing and herbal medicine, Ancient Egyptians practiced massage and manipulation and made extensive use of therapeutic herbs and foods, but surgery was only rarely part of their treatments. According to Herodotus there was a high degree of specialization among physicians. The Egyptians were advanced medical …

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The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt

WEBISBN: 9780199361380. According to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the usage of beeswax as a healing ointment, the honey bee was a

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History of Ancient Egyptian Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Review

WEBFor its time, the study and practice of medicine in Ancient Egypt was revolutionary. Primitive by today’s standards, physicians in Egypt nonetheless showed great initiative and impressive knowledge of the human body and its inner workings, as well as the treatment of illness and disease.

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What Do You Know About Ancient Egypt

WEBFifteen questions on the kingdom along the Nile Learn more about Ancient Egypt: Health Care in Ancient Egypt Previously Unknown Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Discovered

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Rethinking the Role of Health Care in Early Christianity

WEBThe distinct aspect of our approach to health care is drawn from recent advances in medical anthropology. In its most general sense, an anthropological approach seeks to apply the insights and theories that develop from the observation of actual societies. Such insights may help place an ancient culture in comparative perspective.

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Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health in Ancient Mesopotamia

WEBby History of the Ancient World. January 27, 2013. Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health in Ancient Mesopotamia. By Robert D. Biggs. Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies, Vol. 19, no. 1 (2005) Introduction:

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The bare necessities

WEBThe bare necessities? a comparative study of the material evidence for Roman medical practice in urban domestic and army spheres. Stephanie C. Taylor

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The consequences of Nero's ill-health in AD64

WEBThe consequences of Nero’s ill-health in AD64. David Woods. Eranos Acta Philologica Suecana (Swedish Journal of Classical Philology), Vol. 102 (2004) Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to propose a new explanation as to why Nero cancelled proposed trips abroad twice in quick succession in early AD64, first a trip to Achaia, then a trip to …

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Conjurers, Purifiers, Vagabonds And Quacks

WEBConjurers, Purifiers, Vagabonds And Quacks? The Clinical Roles of the Folk and Hippocratic Healers of Classical Greece. By Leanne McNamara. Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria, Vol. 16-17 (2003-4) Introduction: Hippocratic medicine is widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential of the intellectual …

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Which Medical Era Should You Get Treatment In

WEBFind out if medicine from the ancient world would be just what the doctor ordered!

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Rethinking the Plague of Cyprian: Pandemics and Passages to Late …

WEBNamed after the bishop of Carthage whose writings supply some of the most vivid testimony about the event, the Plague of Cyprian is attested in circum-Mediterranean populations from AD 249 until 270.

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Archaeological remains as a source of evidence for Roman Medicine

WEBAbstract. In order to understand Roman medicine most scholars rely on ancient medical texts to understand the Roman views about the functions of the body, the etiology of diseases, surgical procedures and perceptions of health. Yet, archaeological remains of medical instruments and buildings identified as hospitals also shed light onto …

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The Disposal of Human Waste: A comparison between Ancient …

WEBThe Disposal of Human Waste: A comparison between Ancient Rome and Medieval London. By Craig Taylor. Past Imperfect, Vol.11 (2005). Abstract: The disposal of sewage is a luxury many societies generally take for granted.

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Human capital and the growth of the Roman economy

WEBHuman capital and the growth of the Roman economy. Richard Saller (Stanford University) Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, June (2008). Abstract. Over the past 50 years economists have increasingly emphasized investment in human capital as a fundamental cause of sustained economic growth, because investments in …

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Roman healing spas in Italy : a study in design and function

WEBA spa is defined as a bathing establishment which used thermal-mineral spring water for therapeutic purposes. Although the topics of bathing and medicine in the Roman world have received considerable attention, thermal-mineral spas have remained inadequately studied.

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