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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

MAGIC

Sources of Magical Traditions

Heka & Akhu – The Power of Magic

The Magician

Magical Tools and their Application

The Spell

The Procedure of Magical Manifestation

MEDICINE

Definition of Health and Disease

Disease and its Treatment

Sources of Medical Traditions

The Medical Papyri

Summary

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

Magical Stelae

Amulets

Scarabs

Magic Wands

EPIDEMICS

Introduction

Pap. Edwin Smith, the Epidemic Papyrus

There is Something in the Air

Hygiene Measures

Causes of Epidemics

Summary

Sources and Further Reading