Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 4 | Had Knowledge of Medicine

HAD KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE. Comprehensive Treatise Written by Egyptian 7,000 Years Ago. A roll of papyrus acquired by Dr. Ebcrs, In the vicinity of Thebes, Egypt, In tho wlntor of 1872, from nn Arab who made nnclcnt gravo robbing rob-bing a business, nfter Investigation and translation was deposited In the library of the Unlversi'. of Lolpslc. Tho script of this papyrus Is hieratic; the date of It Is said to bo over 7,000 years a;?o, It Is a comprehensive treatise on medicine. Dlscnsos of tho abdomen, the chest, the heart, tho eyes, tho oars and so on are carefully arranged nnd dcsctlbed in a manner that would command' respect at the present day. For Instance, of the heart, tho papyrus classifies tho troubles trou-bles as fatty degeneration, dilation, carditis, angina or spasm, hypertrophy hypertro-phy (enlargement), thrombosis (plugging) (plug-ging) and dropsy. Of medicines over soven hundred different substnncos nro enumerated nnd they nro proscribed pro-scribed In pills, In tablets, In cnpiulos, In decoctions, powders, Inhalations, lotions, ointments, plasters.