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An updated edition of a prior work entitled "Breast Cancer Prevention and Cure," this text includes new chapters that--with several hundred references--show conclusively what causes the disease and how to prevent it.
Hermes is the Greek god of the Word, of thought and magic, the swift-moving messenger of the Divine and guardian of souls in the Afterlife. In Ancient Egypt he was the majestic god Thoth, the Recorder, the lord of measurement and science, the brother/husband of Isis. In Rome, he was of course Mercury, flying through the Empyrean at the speed of idea by the aid of his winged helmet and boots. In this broad survey of the Hermetic arts, author Jacob Slavenburg brings an unparalleled depth of insight to the subject. He examines the historical Hermetic literature and details its relevance to modern occultism, from the symbolism of architecture and art to the mysteries of Freemasonry. The heavenly...
More than 3,600 years ago in ancient Egypt, a formula for an elixir that claimed to remove wrinkles was written on a papyrus. At the turn of the century, Stanley Jacobs, M.D., a facial plastic surgeon from California, happened upon the formula by chance. Overlooked by medical science for thousands of years, Jacobs was immediately intrigued. Ancient Egyptians were master chemists. Jacobs? intention to recreate the formula took him on an eight-year odyssey to decipher the meaning of the key ingredient hemayet.? This book chronicles his journey to create a serum. Jacobs? resurrection of the Egyptian formula revealed a new molecule in skin rejuvenation, which is scientifically proven to improve the plumpness and elasticity of skin by 30 percent. Is it possible Queen Nefertiti once used this ancient unguent? It's a strong possibility. Nefertiti? means beauty has come, and each time someone uses the serum, the past and present intersect.
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Evidence of the medical practice of ancient Egypt has come down to us not only in pictorial art but also in papyrus scrolls, in funerary inscriptions, and in the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptians themselves. Halioua and Ziskind provide a comprehensive account of pharaonic medicine that is illuminated by what modern science has discovered about the lives (and deaths) of people from all walks of life.
This volume contains the original hieratic text, complete transcription into hieroglyphs, transliteration, English translation, philological apparatus and copiously illustrated medical commentaries for the 48 clinical cases of the Edwin Smith Papyrus, as well as extensive bibliographical resources, and a lucid introduction exploring the importance of the document, the history of previous scholarship, and distinctive aspects of the current edition. It offers an authoritative treatment of the Egyptian text, which clarifies the meaning of many passages from the papyrus and points the way to their correct medical interpretation. The Edwin Smith Papyrus is the first comprehensive trauma treatise ...