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Show HAD KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE. Comprehensive Treatise Written by Egyptian 7,000 Years Ago. A roll of papyrus acquired by Dr. Ebers, lp tho vicinity of Thebes, Egypt, in the winter nt 1872, from an Arab who inade ancient gravo robbing rob-bing n busl;.ess, after Investigation and translation wns deposited In the llbrnry of the University of Lclpslc. Tho script of this papyrus Is hieratic; the dato of It Is said to bo over 7,000 years ngo. It Is a comprehensive treatise on medicine. Diseases of tho abdomen, tho chest, tho heart, tho eyes, tho cars and so on nro carefully arranged and described In n manner that would command respect nt tho 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 seven hundred different substances are enumerated nnd they nre prc- scribed In pills, In tablets, In capsules, In decoctions, powders, Inhalations, lotions, ointments, plasters. |