Edwin Smith Papyrus
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| Date written | 1501 BC |
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| Authors | Der |
| Original language | Egyptian language |
| Genres | Textbook |
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| ID | 2390085 |
About Edwin Smith Papyrus
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after the dealer who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma. This document, which may have been a manual of military surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors.
