1875 EBERS, Georg Moritz (1837 – 1898); STERN, Ludwig Christian (1846 – 1911)

Papyros Ebers: Das hermetische Buch über die Arzeneimittel der alten Ägypter in hieratischer Schrift, herausgegeben mit Inhaltsangabe und Einleitung versehen von Georg Ebers, mit Hieroglyphisch-Lateinischem Glossar von Ludwig [Christian] Stern, mit Unterstützung des Königlich Sächsischen Cultusministerium. 2 vols.

The Ebers Papyrus dates from about 1552 BCE. It measures 20.23 m. in length and 30 cm. in height, and is, along with the Edwin Smith Papyrus, one of the two most important surviving medical papyri. It was written in h…

GMN 2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/26

1893 ANONYMUS LONDINENSIS (75 – ); DIELS, Hermann Alexander (1848 – 1922)

Anonymi Londinensis ex Aristotelis iatricis Menoniis et aliis medicis eclogae editit Hermannus Diels.

Written about 100 CE, On Medicine (Ιατρικα) is partially preserved in a papyrus in the British Library (PBrLibr inv. 137 = P.Lit.Lond. 165). It is the most important surviving ancient Greek medical papyrus, a key sour…

GMN 25 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4675

1898 GRIFFITH, Francis Llewellyn (1862 – 1934)

The Petrie papyri. Hieratic papyri from Kahun and Gurob (Principally of the Middle Kingdom) edited by F. Ll. Griffith.

KAHUN GYNECOLOGICAL PAPYRUS

The Kahun Gynecological Papyrus (also Kahun Papyrus, Kahun Medical Papyrus, or UC 32057) is the oldest known medical text on papyrus, dating from circa 1800 BCE. It was found at El-Lahun, Egypt (Faiyum, Kahun, كاهم

GMN 7011 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9177

1905 REISNER, George Andrew (1867 – 1942)

The Hearst Medical Papyrus: Hieratic text in 17 facsimile plates in collotype with introduction and vocabulary by George A. Reisner. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 1.

The papyrus has been dated to the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, around the time of pharaoh Tuthmosis III. The text is believed to have been composed earlier, during the Middle Kingdom, around 2000 BCE. The papyrus is so unus…

GMN 8390 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10567

1909 WRESZINSKI, Walter (1880 – 1935)

Der grosse medizinische Papyrus des Berliner Museums (Pap. Berl. 3038) in Facsimile und Umschrift mit Uebersetzung, Kommentar und Glossar. Herausg. von Walter Wreszinski.

BRUGSCH PAPYRUS

The Greater German Papyrus (Brugsch Papyrus) dates from about 1300 BCE. The above facsimile reproduction and translation forms vol. 1 of the Medizin der alten Aegypter series. Digital facsimile from the U.S. National …

GMN 4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/28

1909 SUDHOFF, Karl Friedrich Jakob (1853 – 1938)

Aerztliches aus griechischen Papyrus-Urkunden.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 6478 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7941

1912 WRESZINSKI, Walter (1880 – 1935)

Der Londoner medizinische Papyrus (Brit. Museum 10 059) und der Papyrus Hearst in Transkription, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Herausgegeben von Walther Wreszinski. Mit Facsimile der Londoner Pap. auf 17 Lichtdrucktafeln.

The London Medical Papyrus contains "61 recipes, of which 25 are classified as medical while the remainder are of magic.[1] The medical foci of the writing are skin complaints, eye complaints, bleeding[2] (predominant…

GMN 11097 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13293

1930 BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted. 2 vols.

At Luxor, Egypt, in 1862 the American collector and dealer in papyri Edwin Smith purchased the papyrus which bears his name. It is preserved at the New York Academy of Medicine. The original text was written about 300…

GMN 4850 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6807

1935 GARDINER, Sir Alan Henderson (1879 – 1963)

Hieratic papyri in the British Museum: Third series: Chester Beatty gift. Edited by Alan H. Gardiner. 2 vols.

Reproduces, with transcription, the Chester Beatty medical papyrus. See No. 5.

GMN 8318 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10494

1947 JONCKHEERE, Frans (1903 – 1956)

Le papyrus médical Chester Beatty, par le Dr. Frans Jonckheere.

A hieratic papyrus of the 13th-12th century BCE. It is a fragment of a monograph on diseases of the anus. The papyrus was reproduced with transcription by A. H. Gardiner in 1935. See No. 8318.

GMN 5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/29

1947 JONES, William Henry Samuel (1876 – 1963); ANONYMUS LONDINENSIS (75 – )

The medical writings of Anonymus Londinensis.

The text edited by Diels, with an English translation, introduction and notes by Jones, together with essays on the nature of Greek thought and medicine.

GMN 9080 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11259

1952 LEAKE, Chauncey Depew (1896 – 1978)

The old Egyptian medical papyri.

A guide to the chief medical papyri, with particular attention to therapeutics.

GMN 6471.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7925

1954 –1973 DIENES, Hildegard von; WESTENDORF, Wolfhart (1924 – ); GRAPOW, Hermann (1885 – 1967)

Grundriss der Medizin der alten Ägypter. 9 vols in 11.

Vol. 1. H. Grapow, Anatomie und Physiologie (1954) Vol. 2. H. Grapow, Von den medizinischen Texten (1955) Vol. 3. H. Grapow, Kraner, Krankheiten und Arzt (1956) Vol. 4.1. H. von Dienes, H. Grapow, W. Westendorf, Ubers…

GMN 6471.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10581

1955 GARDINER, Sir Alan Henderson (1879 – 1963)

The Ramesseum papyri. Edited by Sir Alan Gardiner. 2 vols.

A collection of ancient Egyptian medical documents from the early 18th century BCE, found in the temple of the Ramesseum. As with most ancient Egyptian medical papyri, these documents mainly concern ailments, diseases…

GMN 8391 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10568

1981 MARGANNE, Marie-Hélène

Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine.

GMN 8282 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10458

1987 GHALIOUNGUI, Paul (Ghalioungi) (1908 – 1987)

The Ebers papyrus: A new English translation, commentaries and glossary by Paul Ghalioungui.

GMN 8315 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10491

1989 SAUNERON, Serge (1927 – 1976)

Un traité égyptien d’ophiologie - Papyrus du Brooklyn Museum nos 47.218.48 et 85. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.

Dating from about 450 BCE, this papyrus concerns snakes and the treatments for snake bites, and also the treatment of scorpion bites and spider bites.

GMN 8392 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10569

1994 MARGANNE, Marie-Hélène

L'ophtalmologie dans l'Egypte gréco-romaine d'après les papyrus littéraires grecs.

GMN 8281 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10457

1995 BARDINET, Thierry

Les papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Traduction intégrale et commentaire.

French translations, with commentary of the Egyptian medical papyri.

GMN 8393 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10570

1998 MARGANNE, Marie-Hélène

La chirurgie dans l'Égypte gréco-romaine d'après les papyrus littéraire grecs.

GMN 8283 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10459

2009 SILVA VEIGA, Paula Alexandra da

Health and medicine in ancient Egypt. Magic and science (British Archaeological Reports [BAR] International Series 1967).

Detailed study of documentation (papyri, ostraca and mummies) followed by a list of pathologies by types and some considerations on medicines and their materia medica.

GMN 10001 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12190

2016 ANONYMUS LONDINENSIS (75 – ); RICCIARDETTO, Antonio

L'Anonyme de Londres. P.: Lit.Lond. 165, Brit.Libr. Inv. 137. Un papyrus médical grec du Ier siècle après J.-C. Edited by Antonio Ricciardetto.

Edition of the Greek text with French translation and introduction. Apart from minor changes listed on page vii, the work reproduces the previous publication by the author in the collection Papyrologia Leodensia (Lièg…

GMN 9812 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12000

2019 REGGIANI, Nicola

Greek medical papyri: Text, context, hypertext. Edited by Niccola Reggiani.

GMN 11833 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14036