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WEEK 3 (Medicine in Ancient Egypt) Flashcards

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Why were the “Sheperds of the anus” the most respected doctors?

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Since the ancient egyptians believed that all diseases entered through the anus

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Which organ did the ancient Egyptians believe was the most important?

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Heart

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Why were Pest control officers considered healers?

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The removal of insects prevented the spread of infection

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Were female physicians allowed to treat male patients?

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NO

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How long was Ancient Egypt stable and thriving for?

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3000 years

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Where were invaluable clues about Ancient Egyptian medicine found?

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Hieroglyphics & Medical writings

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What did the Early Egyptians believe about health?

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  • Everyone was born healthy but evil spirits sometimes enter the body and need to be banished using prayers, magic spells and magic poems
  • Body fluids move through the body’s vessels like the Nile
  • Heart is key to life
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What adjustments to cleanliness did the Ancient Egyptians make?

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  • Water closets at home
  • Waste water carried out of houses in copper pipes
  • Mosquito nets
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Surgery for amputations involved the use of a knife made out of which material?

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Flint or Obsidian

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What were the different types of Healers?

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  • Physicians
  • Exorcists
  • Priests of Sekhmet (surgeons/specialists in feeling the pulse and treating diseases of vessels)
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Were females allowed to be doctors?

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YES

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Who was Lady Peseshet?

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Lady overseer of the lady physicians

[whether she was a physician herself is uncertain]

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Who was Imhotep?

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  • Egyptian who was elevated by the greeks to the status of the god of medicine
  • Key advisor to Pharaoh Djoser
  • Designer of one of the earliest pyramids “STEP PYRAMID”
  • Healing method was incubation (sleeping & dreaming)
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Who is generally considered the author of the Edwin Smith Papyrus?

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Imhotep

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Edwin Smith Papyrus

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  • “Book of wounds”
  • 1600 BC
  • Descriptions of 48 different medical cases involving the treatment of various types of wounds
  • Wounds and recommended cures organised by body part
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What treatments were involved in the Edwin Smith Papyrus?

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  • Placing raw meat on wounds
  • Honey to stimulate creation of white blood cells
  • Sour/mouldy bread for wound treatment
  • Rubbing head of patient with headache for 4 days with poultice made of skull of catfish
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What were the different classes of physicians written in the Edwin Smith Papyrus?

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  • Swnw “Doctor of the people”
  • Wabw “Pure”
  • Saw “Guardian”
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Swnw (Doctor of the people)

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  • Lowest of the medical people
  • Self-taught (trial and error)
  • Junior doctor = swnw
  • Senior doctors = wr-swnw
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Wabw (Pure)

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  • Higher status
  • Patients are more privileged
  • Administered medicine & religious rites
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Saw (Guardian)

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  • Patients were royalty & elites
  • Education and training within palace schools
  • Formal apprenticeships
  • Techniques of wabw & magic & sorcery
  • Health ministers
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Ebers Papyrus

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  • Begins with 3 incantations to be used when giving remedies or removing bandages
  • Broken into multiple books
  • Specific volumes on internal diseases, eye and skin ailments
  • Obstetrics, contraception and dentistry discussed separately
  • 8th book is anatomy & physiology (good description of circulatory system)
  • 876 prescriptions
  • 500 substances
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What is the 4 step method for conducting a clinical exam mentioned in the Elbers Papyrus?

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1) Preliminary diagnosis/Prognosis (decide whether to treat patient)
2) Examination of patient
3) Diagnosis
4) Plan for treatment

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How do you Examine a patient?

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  • Use all 5 senses in evaluation
  • Check pulse rate
  • Palpate male patients
  • Taste and sniff the patient’s bodily fluids

(Known as the four step method)

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What did the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus include?

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  • Female health issues
  • Description of a method for revealing whether a woman was pregnant or not and determine the gender of the baby
    [if barley grew = pregnant with a boy, if wheat grew = pregnant with a girl, if nothing grew = not pregnant]
25
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List of other medical Papyri

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  • Berlin Papyrus (1300 BC)
  • Hearst Papyrus (1500 BC)
  • London Papyrus (1350 BC)
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What was introduced to the health of pyramid workers?

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  • Health insurance
  • Exemptions or assignments to “light duties”
  • Pensions for someone who was deemed incapacitated
  • Pensions & Sick leave
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What are examples of Egyptian medicines?

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  • Raw liver for night blindness
  • Vaginal contraceptive made of crocodile oil, gum acacia/honey and natron
  • Opium poppy
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What were the two classes of dentists?

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Dentists & Great dentist

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In which Papyrus included the “Four step method” of diagnosis?

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Eber’s Papyrus

30
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What dental issues was most prevalent in Ancient Egypt?

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Tooth decay

(Since bread was so sticky)

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