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. 1928 Aug;29(2):96–99.
THE LURE OF MEDICAL HISTORY
IMHOTEP*: Patron of Physicians and Deity of Medicine in Ancient Egypt
L H Garland
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So many passages in the above article are transcribed or abstracted from Hurry's and Jayne's and other excellent books that no attempt has been made to mark them all, as the numbers would only be confusing. Acknowledgment is gratefully made to all of them, but especially to:
Hurry, Jamieson B.: Imhotep, Oxford Univ. Press, 1926, and B. M. J. for March 31, 1928, page 565 (No. 3508).
Jayne, W. A.: The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations, Yale University Press, 1925.
Breasted, J. H.: A History of Egypt, and quoted by many other authors.
Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis: The Gods of the Egyptians, etc.
Holmes, Bayard & Kitterman, P. G.: Medicine in Ancient Egypt, 1914.
Guest, E. M.: Ancient Egyptian Physicians B. M. J., April 17, 1926, page 706.
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