Ancient Egyptian prosthesis of the big toe

Ancient Egyptian prosthesis of the big toe

Describes how, during a palaeopathological survey of human remains in the necropolis of Thebes-West, the large cemetery of the capital of ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom and subsequent periods (about 1550-700 BC), an Egyptian mummy was discovered with an intravital amputation of the big toe. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2000-12, Vol.23/30, p.2176-2179
Hauptverfasser: Nerlich, A G, Zink, A, Szeimies, U, Hagedorn, H G
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Amputation
Ancient Egypt
Mummies
Prosthesis
Toes
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Zusammenfassung:Describes how, during a palaeopathological survey of human remains in the necropolis of Thebes-West, the large cemetery of the capital of ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom and subsequent periods (about 1550-700 BC), an Egyptian mummy was discovered with an intravital amputation of the big toe. The toe had been replaced by a wooden prosthesis. Discusses the evidence that certain surgical treatments took place in ancient Egypt. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0140-6736