The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt

New York ; New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Yale University Press, Year, 2005. Small folio in color illus wraps; 115 pages: color illustrations; 28 cm; bibliographical references A very fine, as new copy with very faint sun-fading to spine region. Please see photos. Paperback. ISBN: 9780300107289

"Diseases and injuries were major concerns for ancient Egyptians. This book, featuring some sixty-four objects from the Metropolitan Museum, discusses how both practical and magical medicine informed Egyptian art and for the first time reproduces and translates treatments described in the spectacular Edwin Smith Papyrus." / Contents: Director's foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Acknowledgments / James P. Allen -- Contributors to the catalogue -- List of abbreviations -- The art of medicine in ancient Egypt / James P. Allen -- The legacy of ancient Egyptian medicine / David T. Mininberg -- Note to the reader -- Catalogue. / Medicine, Egyptian -- Exhibitions. Medicine -- History. History, Ancient History of Medicine Medicine in the Arts Médecine égyptienne -- Expositions. Médecine -- Histoire. history of medicine. Medicine, Egyptian. Geneeskunde. Medicine, Egyptian. Medicine, Egyptian, in art. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Egyptian Art. Genre/Form: Catalog Exhibition catalogs (documents) exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Catalogues. Catalogues d'exposition. Geographic: Egypt, Ancient Egypt -- Antiquities. "This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition "The art of medicine in ancient Egypt," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 13, 2005, to January 15, 2006."