The art of medicine in Egypt is thus exercised: one physician is confined to one disease; there are of course a great number who practise this art; some attend to disorders of the eyes, others to those of the head; some take care of the teeth, others... Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe - Page 423by Herodotus - 1821Full view - About this book
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...the bowels ; whilft many attend to the cure of maladie» which are lefs confpicuous. ' With refpcft to their funerals and ceremonies of mourning ; whenever...of any importance dies, the females of his family *, disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the cor pie in the houïe, and run publickly... | |
| FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., LL.D. - 1850
...Egyptians, and especially when the deceased was of high rank, was a very solemn ceremony. Herodotus says, " with respect to their funerals and ceremonies of mourning...of any importance dies, the females of his family, disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the corpse in the house, run publicly about, accompanied... | |
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...the bowels ; whilll many attend to the cure of maladies which are lefs confpicuous. " With refpect to their funerals and ceremonies of mourning ; whenever...of any importance dies, the females of his family 's6, disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the corpfe in the houfe, and run publicly about,... | |
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...the bowels ; whilft many attend to the cure of maladies which are lefs confpicuous. " With refpect to their funerals and ceremonies of mourning ; whenever...of any importance dies, the females of his family >s&, disfiguring their headb and faces with dirt, leave the corpfe in the houfe, and run publicly about,... | |
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...to one disease; there are of course a great number who practise this art; some attend to disorders of the eyes*, others to those of the head; some take...to the cure of maladies which are less conspicuous. i*t Art of medicine.] — It is remarkable, with regard to medicine, that none of the sciences sooner... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1828 - 200 pages
...to one disease; there are of course a great number who practise this art; some attend to disorders of the eyes, others to those of the head; some take...of any importance dies, the females of his family, disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the corpse in the house, and run publicly about,... | |
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...of the bowels; whilst many attend to the cure of maladies which are less conspicuous. 140 EUTERPE. LXXXV. With respect to their funerals and ceremonies...of any importance dies, the females of his family, disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the corpse in the house, and run publicly about,... | |
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...number who practise this art ; some attend to disorders of the eyes, others to those of the bead ; some take care of the teeth, others are conversant...whenever a man of any importance dies, the females of his family,1 disfiguring their heads and faces with dirt, leave the corpse in the house, and run publicly... | |
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