Browsing NDLTD Theses and Dissertations by Subject "D051"

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Health and Medicine in ancient Egypt; magic and science

Veiga, Paula (Universidade de Lisboa, 2009-06)

Health was a constant concern in life and even the deceased needed extra care so they can be at their prime when closed in the sarcophagus, in the possession of magical ‘weapons’ so that, when they would reach the Afterlife, ...
Oncology and Infectious Diseases in Ancient Egypt: The Ebers Papyrus’ Treatise on Tumours 857-877 and the Cases Found in Ancient Egyptian Human Material

Veiga, Paula (University of Manchester, 2009-06)

This dissertation focuses on pathogenic elements found in the Ebers papyrus: a series of prescriptions that are believed to be the remains of a “book of tumours” which deals with what appear to have been benign ganglionic ...