. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . approved additionsto, the sacred prescriptions were occa-sionally made; and the prohibition wasonly to prevent the experiments ofyoung practitioners, whom Pliny con-siders the only persons privileged tokill a man with impunity. Aristotleindeed says the Egjptian p
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . approved additionsto, the sacred prescriptions were occa-sionally made; and the prohibition wasonly to prevent the experiments ofyoung practitioners, whom Pliny con-siders the only persons privileged tokill a man with impunity. Aristotleindeed says the Egjptian physicianswere allowed after the third day to alterthe treatment prescribed by authority,and even before, taking upon them-selves the responsibility (Polit. ). Experience gradually taught themmany new remedies ; and that theyhad adopted a method (of no very oldstanding in modern practice) of stop-ping teeth with gold is proved by somemummies found at Thebes. Besides the protection of society fromthe pretensions of quacks, the Egyptiansprovided that doctors should not de-mand fees on a foreign journey or onmilitary service, when patients weretreated free of expense (Diod. i. 82);and we may conclude that they wereobliged to treat the poor gratis, on con-sideration of the allowance paid themas a body by government. This has. In Fig. 2 is a didication to Amim-re. Chap. 83-85. SPECIAL PHYSICIANS OF EACH DISORDER. 117 tion; each physician treats a single disorder, and no more: *thus the country swarms with medical practitioners, some under-taking to cure diseases of the eye, others of the head, othersagain of the teeth, others of the intestines, and some those whichare not local.^ 85. The following is the Avay in which they conduct theirmournings and their funerals:—On the death in any house of again become the custom in (Modern)Egypt. Herodotus (ii. 77) and Dio-dorus (i. 82) mention some methods oftreatment; but poor and superstitiouspeople sometimes had recovirse todreams, t
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