The Quick And The Dead: Biomedical Theory In Ancient EgyptBRILL, 2004 - 236 էջ This volume uses a cross-disciplinary approach to examine the origins of ancient Egyptian medicine in the domestication, care and sacrifice of cattle. Ritual cattle sacrifice in Egypt led to a rudimentary understanding of animal anatomy and physiology, which was then applied to humans. Two original theories developed from this comparative medicine: Life as movement, especially seen in the fasciolations of excised limbs, and the male's role in reproduction. Discussions include Egypt as a cattle culture, the "ka" as an animating force, "living flesh," the possible animal origins of the "ankh," "djed" and "was" hieroglyphs, the bull's foreleg and the Opening-of-the-Mouth ritual, Egypt's healing establishment, and veterinary medicine as it relates to the origin of human medicine. |
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Life and Death | 15 |
Animal Associations with Death | 27 |
Living Bull Gods | 47 |
Conclusions | 55 |
Rudiments of Muscle Physiology | 73 |
Physiology of the Spine | 95 |
The Male Reproductive System | 127 |
Conclusions | 165 |
Conclusions | 187 |
Epilogue Broader Implications of Healing in a Fused or Integrated | 197 |
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