1800 - Treatments for Sick Cattle and Dogs

The Kahun Papyrus is one of the earliest known written medical and veterinary text (c. 1800 BCE) known. It is an important historical landmark as it shows the transition from storytelling to empirical observation in societies during that time. The Kahun papyrus provided the most extensive details on veterinary matters, specifically regarding treatments for sick cattle, and eye afflictions in dogs, birds and fish. A portion of the text is also dedicated to gyneacological matters. This collection of papyri is one of the largest ever found. Most of the texts are dated to the reign of Amenemhat III. In general the collection spans the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.

Websites

• Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
• Caring for Cows in Ancient Egypt
• Kahun Papyrus: First Writing On Veterinary Medicine In 1895 …
• Comparative Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Origins of
• Egyptian Veterinary Medicine: A Reappraisal of the Evidence
• Veterinary Medicine in Ancient Egypt: the Kahun Papirus
• Kahun Papyri
• Kahun Veterinary Papyrus
• Egyptian tales; translated from the Papyri
• How Ancient Egyptians Fed their Animals
• Ancient Egypt: Farmed and domesticated animals
• History and Scope of Veterinary Medicine