London Medical Papyrus Explained

Created:	1325 BC
Location:	London, England, United Kingdom
Discovered Date:	before 1913
Discovered Place:	Egypt

The London Medical Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus in the British Museum, London. The writings of this papyrus are of 61 recipes, of which 25 are classified as medical while the remainder are of magic.^[1]

The medical subjects of the writing are skin complaints, eye complaints, bleeding^[2] (predominantly with the intent of preventing miscarriage through magical methods) and burns.

The papyrus was first published in 1912 in Leipzig by Walter Wreszinski.^[3]

The papyrus is also known as BM EA 10059.^[4]

See also

• Ebers Papyrus
• Edwin Smith Papyrus
• List of ancient Egyptian papyri

External links

• Web site: London Medical Papyrus, New Kingdom, c.1325 BC . https://web.archive.org/web/20111227072625/http://www.bridgemanart.com/image/Egyptian-18th-Dynasty-c-1567-1320-BC/London-Medical-Papyrus-New-Kingdom-c-1325-BC-papyrus/e35c48d76a244423a930cb0723adf68c . 2011-12-27 . . Bridgeman Art Library International . 2011-09-29 .
• Web site: A caution on reading the Ancient Egyptian writings on health . . 2002 . Digital Egypt for Universities . . 2011-09-29 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Oldest Medical Books in the World . . . Ancient Medicine - World Research News Articles . World Research Foundation . 2011-09-29 . Excerpts taken from Magic and Medical Science in Ancient Egypt, by Paul Ghalioungui (1963).
2. Book: Waraksa, Elizabeth A. . 2009 . Female Figurines from the Mut Precinct: Context and Ritual Function . Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 240 . . . 978-3-525-53456-4 .
3. Steiner . Richard C. . July 1992 . Northwest Semitic Incantations in an Egyptian Medical Papyrus of the Fourteenth Century B.C.E. (dedicated to the memory of Klaus Baer) . 545544 . . . 51 . 3 . 191–200 . 10.1086/373551. 16468200 . 7236600 .
4. Web site: Google search page showing referenced content. 2011-09-29.