HIST 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Edwin Smith Papyrus, Putrefaction, Ancient Greek Medicine
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Way of actually feeling/ figuring out the extent of the wound and whether it is treatable or not. Can also explain certain terms like bloodshot a little bit of didactic. Classified by body part will distinguish between those that are susceptible to treatment/ not. There was an image of where/ how the body works because the egyptians embalmed the dead there is very little knowledge that flows from embalming to medicine but there are pictures. Treat and embalm are the same because they are both evacuating the body even though these are different crafts that don"t communicate with each other. Role of the pulse- throbbing of the arteries (not really beating of heart but it was an indicator of life force within the body) Medicine joins forces with philosophy and science. Medicine and theraputics is like that of the egyptians. Logos and medicine in the ancient greek world.
