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Medical Text

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Description

Prescription for eye salve: the papyrus, written on both sides in the same hand, contains two medical prescriptions complete with titles and directions for use; originally published as accounts for medical supplies; the recto contains a recipe for an eye salve of the type commonly called achariston

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