Arte medica e cosmetica alla corte dei Faraoni. Medicine and cosmetics at the Pharaohs' court

Preface

Introduction

EDDA BRESCIANI The Pharaohs' world: medical culture Myth and Medicine Physicians of all degrees Anatomy and terminology The Pharaohs' and the other peoples' ailments Living a good, healthy life

EDDA BRESCIANI Ideal beauty The body and the beauty Looking into the mirror The seductiveness of hair The art of perfumes

MARIO DEL TACCA The medical papyri: between science and magic The medical papyri The diseasea to be cured The physiopathological basis of Egyptian medicine The metu-ducts in the body The heart-haty and the inner-ib Egyptian treatises on physiology and pathology Treatise on the Heart Treatise on the Ukhedu Drugs and prescriptions: the recipes The Egyptian Pharmacopoiea The Materia medica Drugs from the vegetable kingdom The opium enigma Drugs from the animal kingdom Drugs from the mineral kingdom

MARIO DEL TACCA Cosmetics, ointments and perfumes Cosmetics. the recipes Cosmetics for the eyes Hair care cosmetics Cosmetics for the lips, face and nails Skin care Ointments and perfumes Ingredients of perfumes Kyphi Perfume variety Perfumes and eros Epilogue

Egyptian chronology

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