The Medical Papyri of Pharaonic Egypt.
Fayard| N° d'inventaire | 1048 |
| Format | 15.5 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 590 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 1995 |
| Etat | Occasion |
| ISBN | 9782213592800 |
A careful analysis of the corpus of medical papyri from Pharaonic Egypt allows us to reconstruct the ways of thinking that underpinned the texts intended to guide, in the daily practice of their art, practitioners belonging to a universe with traditions radically different from those adopted by the West. Their strangeness makes it particularly difficult to interpret writings that are, moreover, among the oldest of humanity. Reading them requires the combination of varied cosmological, philological, scientific approaches. It reveals certain key concepts relating to coherent physiological theories and the role that the Egyptians attributed to pathogenic factors. This is the subject of the first part. This is followed, accompanied by commentaries, by the first translation into French of all the Egyptian medical texts known to date. This work thus constitutes a major contribution both to the history of medical thought and to the knowledge of a civilization that only reluctantly allows its secrets to be extracted. While it draws most of its knowledge from science and technology, medicine also draws on human interaction, participates in the development of philosophical ideas, and is involved in fundamental ethical choices. With this in mind, the Penser la médecine collection aims to promote original works that combine the study of historical sources with sociological analysis and epistemological reflection. Alongside his medical work, Thierry Bardinet, a doctor of dental surgery, also holds a doctorate from the École pratique des hautes études (Historical and Philological Sciences). He has notably published Dents et siège (Teeth and Jaws in Religious Representations and Medical Practice in Ancient Egypt) (Rome, 1990).
A careful analysis of the corpus of medical papyri from Pharaonic Egypt allows us to reconstruct the ways of thinking that underpinned the texts intended to guide, in the daily practice of their art, practitioners belonging to a universe with traditions radically different from those adopted by the West. Their strangeness makes it particularly difficult to interpret writings that are, moreover, among the oldest of humanity. Reading them requires the combination of varied cosmological, philological, scientific approaches. It reveals certain key concepts relating to coherent physiological theories and the role that the Egyptians attributed to pathogenic factors. This is the subject of the first part. This is followed, accompanied by commentaries, by the first translation into French of all the Egyptian medical texts known to date. This work thus constitutes a major contribution both to the history of medical thought and to the knowledge of a civilization that only reluctantly allows its secrets to be extracted. While it draws most of its knowledge from science and technology, medicine also draws on human interaction, participates in the development of philosophical ideas, and is involved in fundamental ethical choices. With this in mind, the Penser la médecine collection aims to promote original works that combine the study of historical sources with sociological analysis and epistemological reflection. Alongside his medical work, Thierry Bardinet, a doctor of dental surgery, also holds a doctorate from the École pratique des hautes études (Historical and Philological Sciences). He has notably published Dents et siège (Teeth and Jaws in Religious Representations and Medical Practice in Ancient Egypt) (Rome, 1990).