| The Quick and the Dead: Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt Contributor(s): Gordon, Andrew (Author), Schwabe, Calvin (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004123911 ISBN-13: 9789004123915 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $139.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: 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 Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Ancient - Egypt |
| Dewey: 610.932 |
| LCCN: 2004058093 |
| Series: Egyptological Memoirs, |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.54" W x 9.68" (1.64 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |