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BREASTED, James Henry (1865-1935). The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1930. 2 volumes, 4° and 2°. Collotype plates of the papyrus, each plate with accompanying plate of hieroglyphic transliteration. Original cloth (spines a little faded).
Garrison & Morton 5547 'The original text was written about 3000 B.C. and the present manuscript is a copy dating about 1600 B.C. It is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports; it describes 47 different cases of injuries and affections of the head, nose, and mouth, together with methods of bandaging'. (2)
Garrison & Morton 5547 'The original text was written about 3000 B.C. and the present manuscript is a copy dating about 1600 B.C. It is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports; it describes 47 different cases of injuries and affections of the head, nose, and mouth, together with methods of bandaging'. (2)
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