The Edwin Smith Papyrus

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian 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 trauma surgery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Edwin Smith Papyrus
gptkbp:includes gptkb:psychotherapy
examination
diagnosis
prognosis
gptkbp:influenced ancient Greek medicine
gptkbp:language ancient Egyptian
gptkbp:length about 4.68 meters
gptkbp:method rational and scientific approach
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edwin_Smith
gptkbp:origin gptkb:ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:possibleAuthor gptkb:Imhotep
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ebers_Papyrus
gptkbp:significance oldest known surgical treatise
gptkbp:structure case-by-case analysis
gptkbp:subject fractures
tumors
wounds
dislocations
gptkbp:writtenBy hieratic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Egyptian_Hieratic_Signs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7