The Quick and the Dead : Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt / / Andrew Gordon, Calvin Schwabe
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| Autore: |
Gordon Andrew
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| Titolo: |
The Quick and the Dead : Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt / / Andrew Gordon, Calvin Schwabe
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxii, 236 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 610/.932 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine, Egyptian |
| Veterinary medicine - Egypt - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SchwabeCalvin |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Quick and the Dead |
| ISBN: | 1-280-85908-3 |
| 9786610859085 | |
| 90-474-0416-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450809603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Egyptological Memoirs ; ; 4.