The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus :
published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two volumes /
by James Henry Brested.
Description
- Related Names
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Wantz, George E. (George Edward), 1923-, former owner.
Glenn, Frank, 1901-1982, former owner.
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959, former owner.
Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935.
Smith, Edwin, 1822-1906.
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1930.
- Note
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"Additional Corrigenda May 25, 1930"--Vol. 1, slip tipped in between p. 596 and plate I.
"Corrigenda"--Vol. 1, p. 596.
Vol. 1: xxiv, 596 p., 8 leaves of plates; v. 2: xiii, [3] p., 46 leaves of plates (some folded).
surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports; it describes different cases of injuries and affections of the head, nose and mouth together with methods of bandaging."--A medical bibliography (Garrison Morton). Fourth edition.
"Edwin Smith, pioneer Egyptologist, purchased at Luxor in 1862 the papyrus which bears his name. It is now in the possession of the New York Academy of Medicine. 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
- Physical Description
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2 v. :
ill ;
31-41 cm.
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