Hernias are an ancient ailment. And modern medicine still debates the best ways to repair or live with them. One of the earliest references appears in the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical scroll ...

As in many other areas of endeavor, the Egyptians had a very good reputation for their medical skills - diplomatic letters often made requests for remedies, including the seemingly miraculous, when ...

Using medicinal plants for healing dates back to prehistoric times, with evidence suggesting plant use as far back as 60,000 years. Knowledge about healing plants was gained through observation, ...

MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN ANCIENT EGYPT.—In Science progress, for October, Dr. Warren R. Dawson maintains as the resu1t of a direct study of Egyptian. medical texts that the generally accepted accounts ...

IN a recent paper (J. Laryng. and Otol., 57, 311 ; 1942) on this subject, Dr. J. D. Rolleston stated that though Toynbee is generally acknowledged to be the founder of modern otology, the first ...

Cancer existed long before humans, with paleontological evidence documenting tumors in prehistoric animals. The first written description of cancer dates to around 3000 BC. Documented in the Edwin ...