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Mummy Medicine

  • January 6, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Edwin Smith Papyrus is the oldest known surgical document, dating to Egypt in 1600 BC. Named after the American antiquities dealer who bought it in 1862, the scroll showed that Egyptian medicine was based more on scientific observation than magical thinking.

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