OCR Text |
Show HAD KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE. Comprehensive Treatise Written by Egyptian 7,000 Years Ago. A roll of papyrus acquired by Dr. Ebers, in tho vicinity of Thebes, Egypt, in the wintor of 1872, from an Arab who made ancient grave robbing rob-bing a business, after Investigation and translation was deposited in the library of the Unlvorslty of Lelpslc. Tho-scrlpt of this papyrus Is hieratic; the date of It Is said to be over 7,000 3 ears ago. It Is a comprehensive treatise on medicine. Diseases of tha abdomen, the chest, the heart, tho ejes, tho ears and so on are carefully , arranged and described In a manner 1 that would command respect at the I present day. Kor Instance, of the I heart, the papvruB classifies tho trou- 1 bles as fatty degeneration, dilation, I . carditis, angina or spasm, hypertro- phy (enlargement), thrciaVoals (plug- 1 King) and drop3y. Of m-SIcInes over seven hundred different substances I are enumerated and they nro pre- scribed In pills, in tablets, In capsules, V In decoctions, powders, Inhalations, B lotions, ointments, plasters. |