Ramesseum medical papyri
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The Ramesseum medical papyri are a collection of ancient Egyptian medical documents dating back to the early 18th century BC, found in the temple of the Ramesseum. As with most Ancient Egyptian medical papyri, this document mainly dealt with ailments, diseases, structure of the body, and supposed remedies used to heal these afflictions, namely opthalmologic ailments, gynaecology, muscles, tendons, and diseases of children. It is the only well-known papyrus to describe these in great detail. Most of the text written in the known manuscripts of this collection are in parts III, IV, and V, and written in vertical columns. Papyrus IV deals with issues similar to the Kahoun Papyrus, such as labor, the protection of the newborn, ways to predict the likelihood of its survival, and ways to predict which gender the newborn will be. It also contains a contraception formula. Papyrus V contains numerous prescriptions dealing with the relaxation of limbs, written in hieroglyphic script, rather than hieratic script as other medical papyri were.Papyrus III of this collection, in addition to other medical papyri of its time period, may provide information about the eruption of Santorini and the medical problems it caused, as well as possible support for the ninth biblical plague of darkness:
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