Two Medical Manuscripts: The Hieratic P. Carlsberg 8 and the Coptic Codex P. Carlsberg 500 Volume 48 - Hardcover

by Sofie Schiødt (Contribution by), Anne Grons (Contribution by), Sofie Schiødt (Editor)

Three new ancient and late antique Egyptian medical sources, now translated for the first time.

A substantial addition to the limited body of ancient Egyptian medical records, Two Medical Manuscripts makes available for the first time a complete translated edition of three medical texts. On the verso and recto sides of the P. Carlsberg 8 manuscript, the first two texts are concerned with ophthalmology and gynecology; the third text, from a separate manuscript, is a Coptic treatise on how to treat a variety of ailments. Together, these manuscripts significantly expand our understanding of pre-modern medical practices and conceptual worlds.

Author Biography

Sofie Schiødt is a postdoctoral researcher at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and codirector of the international research collaboration Scientific Papyri from Ancient Egypt in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Anne Grons is a postdoctoral scholar at the Institute of the History of Pharmacy and Medicine at Philipps-Universität Marburg.