Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)

Cockitt, Jenefer; David, Rosalie

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407306827

Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)

Jenefer Cockitt and Rosalie David 2010 © BAR Publishing

This monograph comprises the Proceedings of The Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conferences, jointly organised by The University of Manchester, Britain, and the National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, and held at The National Research Centre (March 19-21, 2007) and The University of Manchester (September 1-3, 2008).

Series

BAR pre-2020
BAR International Series pre-2020

ISBN(s)

9781407306827 (paperback)
9781407336831 (ebook)

BAR Number

S2141

Subject

Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
Medicine / Palaeopathology
Bronze Age and Iron Age
Egypt and Sudan

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Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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THE ‘PHARMACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT PROJECT’ AT THE KNH CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL EGYPTOLOGY
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT
HOW THE SUCCESS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DEPENDED ON PLANTS
DO THE FORMULATIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRESCRIPTIONS STAND UP TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCRUTINY?
THE APPLICATION OF ARCHAEOBOTANY, PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND PHARMACOGNOSY TO CONFIRM THE PHARMACOPOEIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT 1850 -1200 BC
A REASSESSMENT OF WARREN DAWSON’S ‘STUDIES IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICAL TEXTS’ 1926-1934, IN THE LIGHT OF ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
A GRAIN OF TRUTH? DETERMINING THE DIET OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE: THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF STABLE ISOTOPE DATA IN INVESTIGATING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACEUTICAL TRADITION
THE X-RAY PLATES OF TUTANKHAMEN: A REASSESSMENT OF THEIR MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE
BLUE LOTUS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN NARCOTIC AND APHRODISIAC?
COCAINE AND NICOTINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT?
DEAD MEN TELL TALES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COURTIER SKELETON. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY
HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF ANCIENT POMEGRANATE AND WHEAT
POROTIC HYPEROSTOSIS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIANS FROM THE BAHRIYAH OASIS, GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD
WERE THE DENTISTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT OPERATIVE DENTAL SURGEONS OR WERE THEY PHARMACISTS?
SKULL INJURIES DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF DJEHUTIMES, THEBES (TT 32)
THE ‘PESTILENCE OF THE YEAR’
SIMILARITY OF FRACTURE TREATMENT OF WORKERS AND HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
A STUDY OF PUNICA GRANATUM L. (POMEGRANATES)
THE MAN WHO KNOWS BULLS – VETERINARY PRACTICE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
A PRIMACY IN HISTORY: THE DOCTORS OF THE PHARAOHS
A CURE FOR BALDNESS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACOLOGICAL REMEDIES FOR THE HAIR AND SCALP
GOOD FOR WHAT ALES YOU – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY INTO THE ROLE OF BEER IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICINE
MOLECULAR METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT PHARMACY
PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL - RADIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR CEREBRAL PALSY IN AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FEMALE MUMMY FROM A 13TH DYNASTY TOMB
SURGERY IN ANCIENT EGYPT – PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL TREATMENT BY SURGERY
‘OTHER THAN’ - EGYPTOLOGY AS SCIENCE? A SELECTIVE HISTORY
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEADACHES: ICHTHYO - OR ELECTROTHERAPY?
HEALING MEASURES: dja AND oipe IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE
THE HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF MUMMIES AND THE IMPACT UPON MUSEUMS TODAY
STOMATOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES FROM THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD IN HUNGARY
THE EBERS PAPYRUS’ TREATISE ON TUMOURS 857-877 AND THE PHYTO-PHARMACOPOEIA PRESCRIBED

Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)

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