mummification
Mummification is that people in ancient Egypt used science and technology to mummify the remains of their elders in order to preserve them for a long time and keep them intact. Mummification was a particularly advanced medical technology in ancient Egypt at that time. It is said that this preservation technology requires quite high anatomy. The process of mummification is also quite complicated, and it has to go through many procedures.
Drying can be achieved by preserving food and fur. Just like pickled fish or pickled cabbage, it may be unsightly to preserve Pharaoh's body like pickled vegetables, so a mysterious production process provides a better way. In the hot place of dry sand or vinegar salt water, preservatives use soaking alkali as desiccant, which is a natural sodium salt compound, which can remove the most perishable internal organs, and the heart is considered as the place where the mind is preserved in the body. It can be seen that the Egyptian plane is still very powerful!
By making human mummies and animal mummies, the ancient Egyptians became familiar with the shapes and positions of various organs of human beings and animals, and knew the functions of some organs. There are more than 100 anatomical nouns in Egyptian hieroglyphics. In Erbers Papyrus, there is a special account about human heart movement: "The essence of doctor's secret is the knowledge of heart movement. Blood vessels pass through all parts of the human body from the heart, so any doctor ... will touch his heart everywhere when touching his head, hands, palms and feet. Because blood vessels extend from the heart to every part of the human body. " Therefore, the Egyptians regarded the heart as the most important organ of the human body and the source of human life and wisdom. That's why they leave their hearts in their bodies when they make mummies. ?
For common surgical and internal diseases, ancient Egyptian doctors had corresponding medical methods. Such as cutting abscess with a knife, removing tumor, treating ulcer or burn patients with external drugs, and treating fracture and dislocation with binding method; A medicine for treating internal diseases is prepared from wine, honey, cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, rhizome and animal fat. The most outstanding achievement in the development of ancient Egyptian medicine is the production of mummies, which can keep a complete figure for thousands of years and keep the skin intact.
According to these, we can know how high the medical technology of ancient Egyptians was!