Edwin Smith Papyrus

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient medical text
gptkbp:contains 48 medical cases
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:New_York_Academy_of_Medicine
gptkbp:date circa 1600 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Edwin_Smith
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1862
gptkbp:focusesOn chest injuries
head injuries
neck injuries
shoulder injuries
spinal injuries
vertebrae injuries
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwin Smith Papyrus
gptkbp:language ancient Egyptian
gptkbp:length about 4.68 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edwin_Smith
gptkbp:notableFor absence of magical thinking
detailed anatomical observations
earliest known surgical treatise
rational and scientific approach
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ebers_Papyrus
ancient Egyptian medicine
gptkbp:script hieratic
gptkbp:subject gptkb:trauma
anatomy
surgery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4