User:Jtvndw/Ebers Papyrus

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Examples of remedies in the Ebers Papyrus include:


 * Bleary eyes: Combine the following ingriedients into a paste to apply to the bleary eyed patient. "Myrrh, Onions, Verdigris, and Cyperus-from-the-North, with Antilope-dung, Clear Oil, and Entrails-of-the-qadit-animal. This could be painted on with a Vulture's feather." Direct quote fix later
 * To drive Blood from the eyes: Create two substances one from powedered fruit of the donpalm and milk of a woman who has borne a son. The other Cow's Milk. Then in the morning bathe both eyes from the first mixture then wash the eyes with the Cow's milk four times for six days.
 * Xanthelasma: Use a combination of Red lead, Goose Grease, and Ginger to coat the eyes with.
 * Pterygium: Apply a mixture of red lead, powdered wood from arabia, Iron from Apollonopolis parvis, Calamine, Egg of an ostrich, Saltpetre from upper egypt, Sulphur, and honey to the eyes.
 * Trichiasis: Combine Myrrh, Lizard's blood, Bat's Blood and then tear out the Hairs and Put thereon in order to make him well. Then use a mixture of Incense ground in lizard's dung, Cow's blood, Ass's Blood, Pig's blood, Dog's blood, Stag's blood, Collyrium, and Incense to prevent the hair from growing back into the eye after being pulled out.
 * Blindness : Use two eyes of a pig with the water removed from them, True Collyrium, Red Lead, and Wild Honey to create a powder and inject it into the ear. while mixing you must repeat "I HAVE BROUGHT THIS THING AND PUT IT IN ITS PLACE. THE CROCODILE IS WEAK AND POWER- LESS. (Twice)."(104) Direct quote fix later 
 * Smith, Elliot (1930). Ancient Egyptian medicine: the papyrus ebers. Chicago: Ares Publishers.]

Jtvndw Article Additions

 * Migraines: A clay effigy of a crocodile with herbs stuffed into its mouth was firmly bound to the head of the patient by a linen strip. The linen strip is inscribed with the names of Eygptian gods. This treatment was said to get rid of the ghosts and demons that were causing the pain. This remedy likely reduced the pain by cold compression of the head.
 * Stephen D. Silberstein, “Historical Aspects of Headache,” in Atlas of Migraine and Other Headaches, 2nd ed., ed. Stephen D. Silberstein, M. Alan Stiles, and William B. Young (London: Taylor & Francis, 2005), 13–31, quotation on 13–14.
 * Popko, Lutz. 2018 Some Notes on Papyrus Ebers, Ancient Egyptian Treatments of Migraine, and a Crocodile on the Patient's Head, Bulletin of the History of Medicine DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2018.0030
 * Andreas Gantenbein et al., “A Comprehensive View of Migraine Pathophysiology,” in Multidisciplinary Management of Migraine: Pharmacological, Manual, and Other Therapies, ed. César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Leon Chaitow, and Jean Schoenen (Burlington, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett, 2013), 67–69, quotation on 63.

Animal Repellents
The use of animal and insect repellents derived from plants and other organisms found in nature is known from the time of the Ebers Papyrus. Several examples of such repellents can be found in the text.


 * To prevent fleas and lice, Egyptians would mixed in date-meal and water in bowls and cook the mixture until it is warm. They would then drink it and spit it out.
 * To protect their grain from rodents and vermin, they would spread gazelle dung and mice urine around the fire in the granary.

Article body
Under translations: In the early 1900s, Dr. Carl H. von Klein, alongside his daughter Edith Zitelmann, created a direct-to-English translation of the Ebers Papyrus.

Peer Review response
I think that both reviewers had a valid point in that my migraines and Editinglad's remedies section are very different in tone and voice, so we will get together and decide which voice we want to focus on. I agree with Smaxforbe where the third person is probably easier to read. I will also look into further explanations on insect repellents because that section is missing content. Clarifying some objects and adding context in the main article will also improve the reading quality. I'm glad that the work was positively received for the most part.