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Steuer explains it as originating with the [[feces|fecal matter]] within the bowels in the conception of the Egyptians.<ref name=Steuer/><ref name=Prioreschi>Plinio Prioreschi |
Steuer explains it as originating with the [[feces|fecal matter]] within the bowels in the conception of the Egyptians.<ref name="Steuer" /><ref name="Prioreschi">Plinio Prioreschi – [https://books.google.com/books?id=HaX733MnZZ4C&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=whdw+egyptian&source=bl&ots=MBszpTBfQp&sig=6fx45M8MZlhmWU7uMK_TmHRuOIg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z3-QVZmxMqPn7gbLzbXwCg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=whdw%20egyptian&f=false A History of Medicine: Greek medicine (p.597)] Horatius Press, 1996 (revised), 695 pages, Volume 1 of Mellen History of Medicine, {{ISBN|1888456027}} [Retrieved 2015-06-29]</ref> From here, ''wḫdw'' was seen as being absorbed into the [[blood vessel]]s (''[[wikt:mtw|mtw]]'') from the lower intestines (''[[wikt:pḥwj|pḥwj]]'', literally ‘rear’), reaching other body parts, and causing abscesses and other symptoms of disease in the bodies of the living, where it was particularly associated with [[pus]] in the blood.<ref name="Steuer" /><ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/?id=lLMHkwKLsg4C&pg=PA69&dq=whdw+egyptian#v=onepage&q=whdw%20egyptian&f=false |author=R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders |title=Ancient Egyptian & Cnidian Medicine: The Relationship of Their Aetiological Concepts of Disease |publisher=University of California Press, 1959, 90 pages |accessdate=2015-06-29 |year=1959}}</ref> Meanwhile, in the bodies of the dead, ''wḫdw'' instead manifested as [[decomposition]].<ref name="Steuer" /> |
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The similarity of this conception of disease and decay to the Ancient Greek concept of ''perittōma'' has suggested that this element of [[Ancient Greek medicine]] may be traceable to Egypt.<ref name=Prioreschi/><ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders"/> |
The similarity of this conception of disease and decay to the Ancient Greek concept of ''perittōma'' has suggested that this element of [[Ancient Greek medicine]] may be traceable to Egypt.<ref name="Prioreschi" /><ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders" /> |
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In searching for a convenient and concise translation of ''wḫdw'' into English, Steuer and Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders examine several possibilities: ''[[wikt:residue| |
In searching for a convenient and concise translation of ''wḫdw'' into English, Steuer and Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders examine several possibilities: ''[[wikt:residue|residues]]'', a translation used by Jones for ''perittōma'', fails to suggest the pathogenic nature of ''wḫdw''; ''[[wikt:miasma|miasma]]'', suggested by Jonckheere, misleadingly suggests transmission by air and an external origin; ''[[wikt:putrefaction|putrefaction]]'' or ''[[wikt:corruption|corruption]]'', their own suggestion, is not entirely satisfactory to them, as ''wḫdw'' encompasses a conception greater than just the biological process of decay.<ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders" /> |
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The term ''wḫdw'' is attested in the [[Ebers Papyrus]], [[Hearst papyrus]], and Papyrus Berlin 3038, among other sources.<ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders"/> |
The term ''wḫdw'' is attested in the [[Ebers Papyrus]], [[Hearst papyrus]], and Papyrus Berlin 3038, among other sources.<ref name="R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders" /> |
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Revision as of 17:32, 21 November 2018
Look up wḫdw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wḫdw is a term for a particular kind of agent of decay and disease in Ancient Egyptian medicine.[1]
Steuer explains it as originating with the fecal matter within the bowels in the conception of the Egyptians.[1][2] From here, wḫdw was seen as being absorbed into the blood vessels (mtw) from the lower intestines (pḥwj, literally ‘rear’), reaching other body parts, and causing abscesses and other symptoms of disease in the bodies of the living, where it was particularly associated with pus in the blood.[1][3] Meanwhile, in the bodies of the dead, wḫdw instead manifested as decomposition.[1]
The similarity of this conception of disease and decay to the Ancient Greek concept of perittōma has suggested that this element of Ancient Greek medicine may be traceable to Egypt.[2][3]
In searching for a convenient and concise translation of wḫdw into English, Steuer and Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders examine several possibilities: residues, a translation used by Jones for perittōma, fails to suggest the pathogenic nature of wḫdw; miasma, suggested by Jonckheere, misleadingly suggests transmission by air and an external origin; putrefaction or corruption, their own suggestion, is not entirely satisfactory to them, as wḫdw encompasses a conception greater than just the biological process of decay.[3]
The term wḫdw is attested in the Ebers Papyrus, Hearst papyrus, and Papyrus Berlin 3038, among other sources.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Steuer, Robert Otto (1948) ‘wḫdw’, Aetiological Principle of Pyaemia in Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- ^ a b Plinio Prioreschi – A History of Medicine: Greek medicine (p.597) Horatius Press, 1996 (revised), 695 pages, Volume 1 of Mellen History of Medicine, ISBN 1888456027 [Retrieved 2015-06-29]
- ^ a b c d R. Otto Steuer, J. Bertrand de Cusance Morant Saunders (1959). Ancient Egyptian & Cnidian Medicine: The Relationship of Their Aetiological Concepts of Disease. University of California Press, 1959, 90 pages. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
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