The Secret Medicine of the Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Healing

182 pp. Color map and photographs throughout. Glossary and bibliography follow text. An English translation of the original German edition entitled 'Denn alles steht seit Ewigkeit geschrieben - Die geheime Medizin der Pharaonen.' The Nile is considered the cradle of medicine. At a time when humans still believed that it was Odin's wish to let an ill person die, the physicians of ancient Egypt performed skillful surgery. Even today, we can still learn from their 'secrets,' which are 4,500 years old. Includes chapters on Imhotep, Hatshepsut, magical-religious treatments, hygiene, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, etc.