Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt Sir Marc Armand Ruffer, whose Studies in Palaeo pathology con stitute this volume, had intended to retire from active duty in 1919 and devote his attention to the preparation of a work dealing with his antiquarian studies of ancient Egypt. The present collection of papers issued under the direction of his wife, Lady Ruffer, is intended to replace that proposed undertaking. While the details of his plan are uncertain, since he left no notes on the project, it has been deemed best to select only those studies which deal with the evidences of disease in ancient Egypt. These by no means represent his life's work, but are rather the result of one of his keenest interests during the twenty years of his residence in Egypt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.