Papyrus of Ebers and Smith

History of occupational medicine: relevance of Imhotep and the Edwin Smith papyrus.

The origins of the recorded history of occupational medicine are usually dated to the time of Hippocrates (c 460 BCE-c 370 BCE).' 2 Hippocrates's admonition to his followers to observe the environment of their patients was complemented by his descriptions of the diseases of certain occupations including those of metallurgists, fullers, tailors, horsemen, farmhands, and fishermen.' 2 Before Hipp...

Papyrus for Education (Invited Presentation)

The CEA List laboratory has recently launched an initiative to define a version of Papyrus dedicated to education and/or beginners that are interested in using a fully UML/SysML compatible open source tool, but without the complexity of a complete tool. This short article provides the latest improvements on this initiative and discuss the possible and expected contributions from the community.

The History of Dermatology

This is the first history of dermatology to appear in the English language, and as such it cannot fail to be of interest to all English-speaking medical men. Like most histories on medical subjects it begins with the Edwin Smith papyrus, as this is the earliest written record extant dealing with medical science, and it is surprising to learn that both in this and in the famous Ebers papyrus con...

The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus: ancient Egyptian medicine.

Religion and Spirituality: Adam Smith versus J-J Rousseau

Adam Smith and J-J Rousseau share some common ground when it comes to religion, namely that they were born into  and educated in cultural contexts deeply shaped by Reformed Christianity. However, close consideration of their writings on religion reveal marked difference. This paper explores those differences and finds that Rousseau and Smith are radically at odds on this score. Smith has almost...