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Bronze and Iron AgesMedicine & Health

Ebers Papyrus

c. 1,550 BCEMajor

A long Egyptian medical scroll lists hundreds of remedies and describes the heart and blood vessels. It is one of the oldest and most complete medical texts known.

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