Egyptian contributions to cardiovascular medicine

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-200

  Willerson, James T ^a   Teaff, Rebecca ^b  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient; Cardiovascular medicine; Egypt; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; EGYPT; HISTORY; MAGIC; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYSTICISM; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RELIGION; SURGERY;

CARDIOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EGYPT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MAGIC; MUMMIES; MYSTICISM; PHARMACOPOEIAS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SURGERY;

EID: 0030330911     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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