Ancient Egyptian surgical heritage

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Saber, Aly ^a  

^a Port Fouad General Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ancient Egypt; Ebers Papyrus; Edwin Smith Papyrus; Imhotep; medical texts; protosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGYPT; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INCISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EGYPT; GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREPHINING;

EID: 79251495800     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939.2010.515289     Document Type: Article

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