UID:
almahu_9949703938702882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047404163
,
9789004123915
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 4
Content:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Quick and the Dead : Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2004 ISBN 9789004123915
Language:
English
