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Hearst medical papyrus.

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Accession: P.Hearst.0001
Period: First half of the 2nd millenium B.C.
Date: First half of the 2nd millenium B.C.
Date range: 2000 BCE – 1500 BCE
Materials: ['18 papyri ; Various sizes']
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A collection of medical prescriptions. The ailments for which cure is offered range from "a tooth which falls out" (Col. I, l. 7) and "remedy for treatment of the lung" (Col. IV, l. 8) to bites by human beings (Col. II, ll. 6-7), and pigs and hippopotami (Col. XVI, ll. 5-7).

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