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A page from the Ebers Papyrus, written circa 1500 B.C.
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A page from the Ebers Papyrus, written c. 1500 B.C.
A prescription dating from the 1st Dynasty (circa 3400 B.C,) is mentioned in one passage. Papyrus
was discovered at Thebes 1862.