Erman Papyrus

The Erman Papyrus (P. Berlin 3207) is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus.[1] 15 columns of the papyrus are preserved; 9 on the recto and 6 on the verso.[2] The papyrus dates to around 1600 BC at the end of the Second Intermediate Period.[3]

The papyrus was given to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin in 1886, and was first published in 1901 by Adolf Erman.[1] It is mostly concerned with childbirth and the health of infants, containing two prescriptions for unknown childhood diseases and a number of magical incantations for childbirth and the protection of infants.[4]

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  1. 1 2 Sadek, Ashraf Alexandre (January 2001). "Some Aspects of Medicine in Pharonic Egypt". History of Medicine. Australian Academy of Medicine & Surgery.
  2. ↑ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 9. LCCN 52012678.
  3. ↑ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 15. LCCN 52012678.
  4. ↑ Leake, Chauncey D. (1952). The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri. Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 14. LCCN 52012678.
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