The Quick and the Dead: Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt: 4 (EGYPTOLOGICAL MEMOIRS) - Hardcover

A cross-disciplinary approach suggesting that the origin of ancient Egyptian medicine began with the domestication of cattle in Africa and the attempt to control disease. With the sacrifice of these animals, the Egyptians began to understand anatomy and physiology, which they then applied to humans.

Andrew H. Gordon, Ph.D. in Egyptology, University of California at Berkeley (1983), M.S. in Paleontology, University of Rochester (1970), has published on Egyptian archaeology, history, lexicography and religion.
Calvin W. Schwabe, D.M.V. (1954), Auburn University; M.P.H., Sc.D. (1956), Harvard University, is Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and of Agricultural History. Among his publications are Veterinary Medicine and Human Health (Williams & Wilkins, 1984) and Cattle, Priests and Progress in Medicine (University of Minnesota, 1978).