Hearst papyrus

The papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus Hearst. It contains many parallels to the Ebers Papyrus, but also with new recipes, some unknown diseases such as the " Asian disease " ( bubonic plague or leprosy ).

History of Research

The papyrus was discovered in the spring of 1901 by a local man in ruins testify at Deir el- Ballas, where an expedition under the leadership of George Andrew Reisner worked. The papyrus was named in honor of Phoebe Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst who financed the expedition. The hieratic text is published by Reisner 1905. 1912 brought Walter Wreszinski a hieroglyphic transcription and translation out into German. The last and most detailed editing was done mid-20th century by Hildegard von Deines, Hermann Grapow and Wolfhart Westendorf.

Today is the Papyrus Hearst in the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley.

Description

The papyrus consists of a one-sided role described with a length of 3.5 m. The text is divided into eighteen columns, of which the last three are partially destroyed. The dating extends from the beginning of the New Kingdom ( circa 1550 BC ) to the reign of Thutmose III.

Content

The Papyrus Hearst 's like the Ebers Papyrus, a manuscript collection. It comprises 260 individual unstructured texts, of which have about one-third parallels to the boar. These include, inter alia, Recipes for vascular treatment, general treatment of pain ( wechedu ), for wound healing and to combat demonic diseases, but no teaching texts.

Particularly interesting are the cases that are missing when the Ebers Papyrus. This may include bone fractures and possibly as leprosy identified Asiatenkrankheit.Es occur but also spells on that of commonly used drugs were recited at the size and application.

In the treatment of bite wounds of the Hearst Papyrus Ebers adds to the bites of the pig, the hippopotamus and the lion. In the treatment of fingers and toes, the Ebers - group of the Hearst group even strongly exceeded ( 33 cases in the Hearst Papyrus against nine in the Ebers Papyrus ) is.