Pharmacy and Medicine inAncient Egypt

Proceedings of the Conferencesheld in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008)

Edited by

Jenefer CockittRosalie David

BAR International Series 21412010

CONTENTS

THE 'PHARMACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT PROJECT' AT THE KNH CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL 1EGYPTOLOGYA.R. DAVID

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT 6R. BALIGH

HOW THE SüCCESS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DEPENDED ON PLANTS 11J. BELLINGER

DO THE FORMULATIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRESCRIPTIONS STAND UP TO PHARMACEUTICAL 15SCRUTINY?J.M. CAMPBELL, J.R. CAMPBELL AND A.R. DAVID

THE APPLICATION OF ARCHAEOBOTANY, PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND PHARMACOGNOSY TO CONFIRM 20THE PHARMACOPOEIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT 1850 -1200 B CJ.M. CAMPBELL AND A.R. DAVID

A REASSESSMENT OF WARREN DAWSON'S 'STUDIES IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICAL TEXTS' 1926- 301934 IN THE LIGHT OF ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCEJ.M. CAMPBELL, E. EL SAEED AND A.R. DAVID

A GRAIN OF TRUTH? DETERMINING THE DIET OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS 38J.A. COCKITT

SUPPORTING EVIDENCE: THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF STABLE ISOTOPE DATA IN INVESTIGATING THE 42ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACEUTICAL TRADITIONJ.A. COCKITT

THE X-RAY PLATES OF TUTANKHAMEN: A REASSESSMENT OF THEIR MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE 46R.C. CONNOLLY

BLUE LOTUS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN NARCOTIC AND APHRODISIAC? 51D J . COUNSELL

COCAINE AND NLCOTINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT? 56D J . COUNSELL

DEAD MEN TELL TALES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COURTIER SKELETON. A MULTI- 60DlSCIPLINARY STUDYB.L. DEMENT

HlSTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF ANCIENT POMEGRANATE AND WHEAT 62J. DENTON AND S. WASSEF

POROTIC HYPEROSTOSIS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIANS FROM THE BAHRIYAH OASIS, 64GRAECO-ROMAN PERIODM.ERFAN ZAKI, A. EL-SAWAF, M. AL-TOHAMY SOLIMAN AND A. AZAB

WERE THE DENTISTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT OPERATIVE DENTAL SURGEONS OR WERE THEY 72PHARMACISTS?R.J. FORSHAW

SKULL INJURIES DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF DJEHUTIMES, THEBES (TT 32) 78E. FÖTHI AND Z. BERNERT

Jidt rnpt OR THE 'PESTILENCE OF THE YEAR' 81H. GYÖRY

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SlMILARITY OF FRACTURE TREATMENT OF WORKERS AND HlGH OFFICIALS OF THE PYRAMID 85BUILDERSF. HUSSIEN, R. EL BANNA, W. KANDEEL AND A. SARRY EL DIN

A STUDY OF PUNICA GRANA TUM L. (POMEGRANATES) 90S.W.Y. LEE

THE MAN W H O KNOWS BULLS - VETERINARY PRACTICE IN ANCIENT EGYPT 94

C.LORD

A PRIMACY IN HISTORY: THE DOCTORS OF THE PHARAOHS 99S. MALGORA

A CURE FOR BALDNESS: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACOLOGICAL REMEDIES FOR THE HAIR AND 105SCALPN.C. MCCREESH, A.P. GIZE AND A.R DAVID

GOOD FOR WHAT ALES YOU - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY INTO THE ROLE OF BEER IN ANCIENT 108EGYPTIAN MEDICINER.J. METCALFE

MOLECULAR METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT PHARMACY 110

RJ. METCALFE

PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL - RADIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR CEREBRAL PALSY IN AN ANCIENT 113EGYPTIAN FEMALE MUMMY FROM A 13TH DYNASTY TOMBA.G. NERLICH, S.PANZER, E. HOWER-TILMANN AND S. LÖSCH

SURGERY IN ANCIENT EGYPT - PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL 117TREATMENT BY SURGERYA.G. NERLICH. S.PANZER AND S. LÖSCH

'OTHER THAN' - EGYPTOLOGY AS SCIENCE? A SELECTIVE HISTORY 122P.T. NlCHOLSON

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEADACHES: ICHTHYO - OR ELECTROTHERAVY? 127R.PARK

HEALING MEASURES: DJA AND OIPE IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE 132T. POMMERENING

THE HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF MUMMIES AND THE IMPACT UPON M USEUMS TODAY. 138G. SCOTT

STOMATOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF EGYPTIAN MUMMIES FROM THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD IN 140HUNGARYI. SZIKOSSY, H. GYÖRY, B. TOLNAI AND 1. PAP

THE EBERS PAPYRUS' TREATISE ON TUMOURS 857-877 AND THE PHYTO-PHARMACOPOEIA 143PRESCRIBEDP.A. VEIGA

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