Gyory et al. 2020_Esthetical Solution or useful prosthesis _AeP VI

Győry, Hedvig¹ – Horváth, Balázs Zsigmond² – Blázovics, Anna³  
1 HEFS - Ancient Egyptian Committee, Budapest, HU
2 Pogány Frigyes Vocational Secondary School, Budapest, HU
3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HU

Esthetical Solution or useful prosthesis

in: Hedvig Győry (ed.), Aegyptus et Pannonia VI, Acta Symposii anno 2019, Health and Life in Ancient Egypt. Mummies in Focus. Proceedings of the Conference held 27-29th August 2019, Budapest.
Budapest: The Ancient Egyptian Committee of the Hungarian-Egyptian Friendship Society (MEBT ÓEB) 2020, 77-111.
ISBN 978-615-01-0361-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71067/AePVI-2020-77-111
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Abstract:
In the modern world the effectiveness of ancient Egyptian wound care and the execution of truncated surgery are amazing. In addition to anatomical knowledge and wound care techniques, functional prostheses are even more impressive. In recent years, X-ray and CT examinations have provided reliable answers to many questions. It is clear from the modern mummy researches that in some cases their amputation’s procedures were successful, particularly in relation to mining and building activities. Also prosthetics were sometimes used. Thus based on the published anthropological and archaeological material this paper analyses what the documentary evidence teaches us about successful amputations conducted in ancient Egypt and considers if it is possible to deduce the extent to which the Egyptians may have used regular prosthetics in aftercare.

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