The quick and the dead : : biomedical theory in ancient Egypt / / Andrew H. Gordon and Calvin W. Schwabe.
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...
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Superior document: | Egyptological memoirs, 4 |
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Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Egyptological memoirs ;
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Physical Description: | xxii, 236 p. :; ill. |
Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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