Last updated: April 24; additions since the previous update are marked:

The course readings listed below consist of Nunn's Ancient Egyptian Medicine, as well as other articles available from the the Reserve Desk or in the Reference Section of the campus library. Unless otherwise indicated, all readings will be found at the Reserve desk. Readings marked with Rf will be on the Reference shelves, while those marked Jl are located in the journal collection of the library. Any readings in the Assignments Schedule that are marked with a W are available for downloading from this Web Page. Full bibliographic citations for the reading entries in this schedule are found in the course bibliography located on the course Web pages. Note: The course readings listed below consist of the regular textbooks and course packet of readings, as well as miscellaneous readings located in the campus Library, either in the Reference Room (marked Ref), or on Two-hour Reserve (marked Rs). Other required readings are freely available for downloading from this Web Page (marked )on this list. The full bibliographical citations of all the readings in the listing are found on the course Bibliography page.

This class will adhere to the course schedule below. Even if we do not complete a particular unit in class on the date specified, we will move on to the next unit, and students will be responsible for the full material through the readings. However, the instructor still reserves the right to alter the schedule of lectures, discussions, and reading assignments at any time.

Week 1:	March 13
	Course Introduction; Material Remains of Egyptian Civilization (slide presentation)
	March 15
	Introducing Egyptian Medicine and Historiography
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 8-23; Harer, Review of The Medical Skills of Ancient Egypt, by J. W. Estes. In Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 28 (1991): 229-31; Ritner, Review of The Medical Skills of Ancient Egypt, by J. W. Estes. In Society for Ancient Medicine Newsletter 18 (1990): 18.
	(3/16) Drop/Add Deadline
Week 2:	March 20
	Egyptian Magic: An Overview
		Borghouts, Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts, Spell 84, pp. 51-55; Lesko, "Ancient Egyptian Cosmogonies and Cosmology," in Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths and Personal Practice, 88-122;
Rf		Ritner, "Magic in Medicine," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt 2, 326-329; Ritner, "Toward a Definition of Magic," in The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice 3-28, 54-57, 67-72.
	March 22
	Theoretical Bases of Disease: Aetiology
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 56-63, 64-95; Ghalioungui, "The Causation of Disease, " in The House of Life, Per Ankh, 52-62; Lichtheim, "The Bentresh Stela," Ancient Egyptian Literature 3, 90-93; Wente, "Letters to the Dead and to the Gods," in Letters from Ancient Egypt, 211-217 (nos. 341-342, 345-346, 349-350, 352).
Week 3:	March 27
	Character and Legacy of Egyptian Medicine
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 96-104;
Rf		Weeks, "Medicine, Surgery and Public Health in Ancient Egypt." In Civiliations of the Ancient Near East, vol 3., 1787-98; Longrigg, "Early Alexandrian Medical Science," in Greek Rational Medicine, 177-219.
	March 29
	The Egyptian Physician
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 113-35; Amundsen and Ferngren, "The Forensic Role of Physicians in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt," Bulletin of the History of Medicine 52 (1978): 336-53; Ghalioungui. Excerpts from The Physicians of Pharaonic Egypt: "Structure of the Medical Profession," 87, 89-97; "Egyptian Physicians Abroad," 76-80; Lichtheim, "Statue Inscription of Udjahorresne," Ancient Egyptian Literature 3, 36-40.
	(3/30) Last day to withdraw with grade of "W"
Week 4:	April 3
	Features of Egyptian Medical Practice
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 24-41, 42-56, 197 [bottom]-202; Ghalioungui, P. "Early Specialization in Ancient Egyptian Medicine and Its Possible Relation to the Archetypal Image of the Human Organism," Medical History 13 (1969): 383-86.
		(4/3) Midterm Examination (60 mins.)
	April 5
	Egyptian Surgical Practices
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 163-190; Bardis, "Circumcision in Ancient Egypt," Indian Journal of the History of Medicine 12/1 (1967): 22-23; Brothwell, and Moeller-Christensen, "A Possible Case of Amputation Dated 2,000 B.C.," Man 63 (1963): no. 244, pp. 192-94; + Response by C. Aldred, "A Possible Case of Amputation," Man 64 (1964): no. 58 (both together in one reading); Meinardus,"Mythological, Historical, and Sociological Aspects of the Practice of Female Circumcision among the Egyptians," Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae, series 9, 16 (1967): 387-97; Messiha, "Ancient Egyptian Surgical Instruments," Bulletin of the Center of Papyrological Studies 3 (1986): 17-22;
		OPTIONAL: Van Houten, T. The Edwin Smith Papyrus: I. The Surgical Management of Injuries." MASCA Journal 1/4 (1980): 99-101;
		OPTIONAL: Van Houten, T. The Edwin Smith Papyrus: II. Surgical Management in Cases of Uncertain or Dubious Prognosis." MASCA Journal 1/6 (1980): 182-84.
Week 5:	April 10
	Religious Curing
		Nunn, J. Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 96-112; Milne, J. G. "The Sanatorium of Der-el-Bahri," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1 (1914): 96-98; Ritner, R. "Horus on the Crocodiles: A Juncture of Religion and Magic in Late Dynastic Egypt," in Religion and Philosophy in Ancient Egypt, 85-95; Walker, "The Place of Magic in the Practice of Medicine in Ancient Egypt," Bulletin of the Australian Center of Egyptology 1 (1990): 85-95.
	April 12
	Women's Health Issues
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 191-197; Ghalioungui, Khalil and Ammar, "On an Ancient Egyptian Method of Diagnosing Pregnancy and Determining Foetal Sex," Medical History 7 (1963): 241-46;
		Iversen, E. Papyrus Carlsberg No. VIII with Some Remarks on the Egyptian Origin of Some Popular Birth Prognoses. Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-filologiske Meddelelser. Vol. 26, no. 5. København: E. Munksgaard, 1939. Riddle, "Egyptian Papyrus Sources," in Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, 66-73;
Jl		Ritner, R. "A Uterine Amulet in the Oriental Institute Collection," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 43 (1984): 209-21; Stevens,"Gynaecology from Ancient Egypt: The Papyrus Kahun: A Translation of the Oldest Treatise on Gynaecology that has Survived the Ancient World," The Medical Journal of Australia 21 (December 1975): 949-52.
Week 6:	April 17
	Materia Medica
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 136-62;
Jl		Bassett, et al. "Tetracycline-Labeled Human Bone from Ancient Sudanese Nubia (A.D. 350)," Science 209, no. 4464 (26 September 1980): 1532-34;
		Dawson, W. "The Mouse in Egyptian and Later Medicine." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 10 (1924): 83-86. Estes, "The Swnw's Medicines" and "A Postscript from a Modern Laboratory" in The Medical Skills of Ancient Egypt, rev. ed., 92-112, 65-71; Harer, "Pharmacological and Biological Properties of the Egyptian Lotus," Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 22 (1985): 49-54.
		- - - Theme paper due (at start of class) - - -
	April 19
	Dentistry and Dental Practice
		Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 202 [bottom]-205; Leek,"Did a Dental Profession Exist in Ancient Egypt During the 3rd Millennium B.C.?" Medical History 16 (1972): 404-406; Leek, "Teeth and Bread in Ancient Egypt," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 58 (1972): 126-32; Weeks, "Ancient Egyptian Dentistry," in X-Ray Atlas of the Royal Mummies, 99-121.
Week 7:	April 24
	Palaeopathology
		Armelagos and Mills,"Palaeopathology as Science: The Contribution of Egyptology," in Biological Anthropology and the Study of Ancient Egypt, 1-18; Buikstra, et al."What Diseases Plagued Ancient Egyptians? A Century of Controversy Considered," in Biological Anthropology and the Study of Ancient Egypt, 24-53; Harer, "Health in Pharaonic Egypt," in Biological Anthropology and the Study of Ancient Egypt, 19-23; Pääbo and Di Rienzo,"A Molecular Approach to the Study of Egyptian History," in Biological Anthropology and the Study of Ancient Egypt, 86-90.
Final Examination:
	***** NOTE CHANGE OF TIME FOR FINAL EXAM, SECTION 2!! ***** THE EXAM WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 3, IN MAYBANK 304. IT WILL *NOT* BE HELD AT 7:30 PM, AS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED.