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The London Medical Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian
The London Medical Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus
Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, '' Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'') can also refer to a ...
in the British Museum
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, London, England. The writings of this papyrus are of 61 recipes, of which 25 are classified as medical while the remainder are of magic. The medical subjects of the writing are skin complaints, eye complaints, bleeding (predominantly with the intent of preventing miscarriage through magical methods) and burns.
The papyrus was first published in 1912 in Leipzig by Walter Wreszinski.
The papyrus is also known as BM EA 10059.
The papyrus is linked to fallout from the Bronze Age Santorini volcanic eruption, also referred to as the Minoan eruption, dated to 1629–1628 BCE.
See also
* Ebers Papyrus * Edwin Smith Papyrus *List of ancient Egyptian papyri
This list of ancient Egyptian papyri includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which are listed in separate lists.
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:London Medical Papyrus Ancient Egyptian medical works Ancient Egyptian objects in the British Museum Egyptian papyri