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. 2010 Dec;23(6):327-34.
doi: 10.3109/08941939.2010.515289.

Ancient Egyptian surgical heritage

Aly Saber  1
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Ancient Egyptian surgical heritage

Aly Saber. J Invest Surg. 2010 Dec.
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Abstract

Egyptian medicine influenced the medicine of neighboring cultures, including the culture of ancient Greece. From Greece, its influence spread onward, thereby affecting Western civilization significantly. The oldest extant Egyptian medical texts are six papyri: The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus and the Ebers Medical Papyrus are famous.

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