Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)

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This monograph comprises the Proceedings of The Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conferences, jointly organised by The University of Manchester, Britain, and the National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, and held at The National Research Centre (March 19-21, 2007) and The University of Manchester (September 1-3, 2008). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Table of Contents THE ‘PHARMACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT PROJECT’ AT THE KNH CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL EGYPTOLOGY COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT HOW THE SUCCESS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DEPENDED ON PLANTS DO THE FORMULATIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRESCRIPTIONS STAND UP TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCRUTINY? THE APPLICATION OF ARCHAEOBOTANY, PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND PHARMACOGNOSY TO CONFIRM THE PHARMACOPOEIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT 1850 -1200 BC A REASSESSMENT OF WARREN DAWSON’S ‘STUDIES IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICAL TEXTS’ 1926-1934, IN THE LIGHT OF ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE A GRAIN OF TRUTH? DETERMINING THE DIET OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS SUPPORTING EVIDENCE: THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF STABLE ISOTOPE DATA IN INVESTIGATING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACEUTICAL TRADITION THE X-RAY PLATES OF TUTANKHAMEN: A REASSESSMENT OF THEIR MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE BLUE LOTUS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN NARCOTIC AND APHRODISIAC? COCAINE AND NICOTINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT? DEAD MEN TELL TALES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COURTIER SKELETON. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF ANCIENT POMEGRANATE AND WHEAT POROTIC HYPEROSTOSIS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIANS FROM THE BAHRIYAH OASIS, GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD WERE THE DENTISTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT OPERATIVE DENTAL SURGEONS OR WERE THEY PHARMACISTS? SKULL INJURIES DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF DJEHUTIMES, THEBES (TT 32) THE ‘PESTILENCE OF THE YEAR’ SIMILARITY OF FRACTURE TREATMENT OF WORKERS AND HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS A STUDY OF PUNICA GRANATUM L. (POMEGRANATES) THE MAN WHO KNOWS BULLS – VETERINARY PRACTICE IN ANCIENT EGYPT A PRIMACY IN HISTORY: THE DOCTORS OF THE PHARAOHS A CURE FOR BALDNESS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACOLOGICAL REMEDIES FOR THE HAIR AND SCALP GOOD FOR WHAT ALES YOU – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY INTO THE ROLE OF BEER IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICINE MOLECULAR METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT PHARMACY PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL - RADIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR CEREBRAL PALSY IN AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FEMALE MUMMY FROM A 13TH DYNASTY TOMB SURGERY IN ANCIENT EGYPT – PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL TREATMENT BY SURGERY ‘OTHER THAN’ - EGYPTOLOGY AS SCIENCE? A SELECTIVE HISTORY ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEADACHES: ICHTHYO - OR ELECTROTHERAPY? HEALING MEASURES: dja AND oipe IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE THE HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF MUMMIES AND THE IMPACT UPON MUSEUMS TODAY STOMATOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES FROM THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD IN HUNGARY THE EBERS PAPYRUS’ TREATISE ON TUMOURS 857-877 AND THE PHYTO-PHARMACOPOEIA PRESCRIBED