Vascular medicine and surgery in ancient Egypt

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Vascular medicine and surgery in ancient Egypt Justin Barr, MPhil Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages 260-263 (July 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.04.056 Copyright © 2014 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Column from the Edwin Smith Papyrus displaying the hieratic script. Case 33, toward the bottom, presents a sternoclavicular dislocation and describes two vessels in the upper chest carrying blood to the respiratory tract. Source: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/turn_page_egyptian.html. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2014 60, 260-263DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.04.056) Copyright © 2014 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 The only definitive image of Egyptian surgery remaining depicts a circumcision. Source: Wash JJ. First pictures of surgical operations extant. JAMA 1907;xlix: 1593-95. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2014 60, 260-263DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.04.056) Copyright © 2014 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 3 Hieroglyph for mtw, or vessel, rendered by Wa Liu. The erect phallus has phonetic, not symbolic significance. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2014 60, 260-263DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.04.056) Copyright © 2014 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions