Ancient Egyptian Medical Tools
The medicine and surgical tools available to ancient egyptian doctors might astound people today. Ancient egypt medical tools jpg 320 270.
Egyptian tools came in different sizes and shapes.
Ancient egyptian medical tools. Tools were made out of copper iron wood bronze ivory bone and stone. This photograph shows an array of ancient egyptian medical tools that may have been used for surgical and or mummification procedures. Flint tools wooden cramps axes bronze chisels are only some of them.
Tools commonly used by the greeks and romans were knives scalpels and hooks. The ancient egyptian practice may involve with magic spell a checkup procedure a doctor s oath medical text and tools used to cure the disease. Doctors and medical researches have found that obsidian used in ancient egypt is more effective than a normal silver forceps as they are more hygienic and have less of a cut which could prevent infection and having a gaping wound on your body.
Both the ebers papyrus and edwin smith papyrus include references to knife treatments including several different names knife had for different surgical procedures. A collection of 37 instruments is engraved on a wall in the temple of kom ombo 2nd century bc which was one of the houses of life. The large stone knife to the top leftwould have been used to cut.
The ebers papyrus a medical manual from ancient egypt mentions the diagnosis of a hernia stating it is a swelling appearing on coughing there are even images from ancient egypt of figures with both umbilical hernias which protrude from the stomach and the all too graphic images of hernias in the scrotum. The scalpels were used in the same ways that they are today but they were not nearly as sharp and did not cut as cleanly as they do now. Facts about ancient egyptian medicine 8.
Media in category ancient egyptian medical tools the following 30 files are in this category out of 30 total. Cairo museum has a collection of surgical instruments including scalpels scissors copper needles forceps spoons lancets hooks probes and pincers. The pharmaceuticals of the ancient egyptian priest physicians included antacids copper salts turpentine alum astringents alkaline laxatives diuretics sedatives antispasmodics calcium carbonates and magnesia.
Their medicinal practices although just as unsanitary and primitive were more invasive than the cautious egyptians. In ancient times they were also made out of obsidian and used in all surgeries. Get facts about ancient egypt civilization here.
The rod to the top right would have been used to liquify to brain of the deceased allowing it to be drained through the nasal passage. The belief in an afterlife of ancient egyptians prompted them to deposit tools and tool models in the tombs of the deceased.
