The Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus is one of the extant

medical papyri Egyptian medical papyri are ancient Egyptian texts written on papyrus which permit a glimpse at medical procedures and practices in ancient Egypt. These papyri give details on disease, diagnosis, and remedies of disease, which include herbal reme ...

, from

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. It is dedicated to magical incantations against headaches and remedies for anorectal ailments, From the title (text not accessed). and is dated around 1200 BC. Part of the papyri collection of

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, it is sometimes referred to simply as the Chester Beatty Papyri, but should not be confused with the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, alias Chester Beatty Papyri. "Papyrus VI of the Chester Beatty Papyri 46 (Papyrus no. 10686,

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) also contains some recipes dealing with anorectal diseases."

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* Ancient Egyptian medical works Papyri from ancient Egypt 2nd-millennium BC manuscripts Papyrus collections {{med-hist-stub

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