Edwin Smith Papyrus: The world’s oldest known surgical treatise, and yet it might be a copy!
A few days ago, we discussed how the world's oldest surviving human rights artifact was shaped by the Persians in 6th century BC. Well, another crucial 'humane' application of our civilization had remarkably made its head start 900 years ago. We are talking about the Edwin Smith Papyrus, a comprehensive medical text on surgery from…