[HN Gopher] Ebers Papyrus
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       Ebers Papyrus
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2021-11-28 19:07 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | slmjkdbtl wrote:
       | > It contains many incantations meant to turn away disease-
       | causing demons and there is also evidence of a long tradition of
       | empiricism.
        
       | codezero wrote:
       | The wiki mentions one of the plants used to treat diabetes was
       | called asit plant fibers. Does anyone familiar with this have any
       | insight into what experts think asit was?
        
       | AutumnCurtain wrote:
       | It's really something to think that this treatise from 1500BC
       | accurately documents the current medical recommendation for
       | dealing with guinea worms. Sometimes a simple mechanical solution
       | is all you need (for millenia)
        
         | codezero wrote:
         | What blows my mind more about anything ancient is that written
         | language was effectively lost for 500 years during the Bronze
         | Age collapse and we nonetheless returned to civilization and
         | language.
        
           | AutumnCurtain wrote:
           | The more I study the history of writing systems, the clearer
           | it becomes what a tremendous organizational and cultural
           | advantage it is to be able to commit thoughts to
           | stone/papyrus/whatever media you choose.
        
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