The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Vol. 1
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxiv, Volume 1 (Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary). 596pp. of text followed by eight full-page annotated plates. Half brown cloth over light brown linen. Gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine. Minor shelf wear. Corners rubbed. Minor staining to spine. This edition "Published in Facsimile and Hieroglyphic Transliteration with Translation and Commentary in Two Volumes" was published for "The Classics of Medicine Library." "In this document we have disclosed to us for the first time the human mind peering into the mysteries of the human body, and recognizing conditions and processes there as due to intelligible physical causes. Here then we find the first scientific observer known to us, and in this papyrus we have the earliest known scientific document." In very good condition. vg. Item #11801
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