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Shafik, A., Elseesy, W.R. (2003). Medicine in Ancient Egypt. In: Selin, H. (eds) Medicine Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48094-8_2
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