Old Kingdom Research Articles

An Occurrence of Ḥnn-nśwt "Ehnasya" on Two Statuettes of the Late Old Kingdom

An Occurrence of Ḥnn-nśwt "Ehnasya" on Two Statuettes of the Late Old Kingdom

Three Old Kingdom Palimpsests in the Louvre

Three Old Kingdom Palimpsests in the Louvre

The Title [unknown] in the Old Kingdom

The Title [unknown] in the Old Kingdom

The Title in the Old Kingdom

The Title in the Old Kingdom

A Fragment of a Biographical Inscription of the Old Kingdom

A Fragment of a Biographical Inscription of the Old Kingdom

A Fragment of a Biographical Inscription of the Old Kingdom

A Fragment of a Biographical Inscription of the Old Kingdom

The Extent of Wзwзt in the Old Kingdom

The Extent of Wзwзt in the Old Kingdom

Head and neck pain in temporomandibular joint disease and muscle spasm.

<h3>History</h3> Pathological changes in the temporomandibular joint of early modern man have been reported.¹The surgeon of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, 3000 B. C., knew the anatomy of this joint. The earliest known surgical text, the Edwin Smith Papyrus,²has one case, a "dislocation of the mandible," with the method of reduction that is still used today. In 1842, Cooper is said³to have reported snapping in the temporomandibular joint, and in 1887 Annandale³repositioned the articular disc and sutured it to the outer side of the joint. Lang has been named³as the surgeon who introduced disc extirpation (1909). The role of the dental apparatus in temporomandibular joint disturbances was first noted by Prentiss⁴and Summa⁵in 1918. Costen^6-10and Goodfriend¹¹¹³in the early 1930's called attention to the diversity of symptoms produced by pathology of the temporomandibular joint,

A Deification of a Private Person in the Old Kingdom

A Deification of a Private Person in the Old Kingdom

A Deification of a Private Person in the Old Kingdom

A Deification of a Private Person in the Old Kingdom

Imhotep.

AS man and god, more superlatives have been spoken and written of "Dr." Imhotep than of any physician who ever lived. In justification of this writing, one more can be added: Imhotep went farther afield than any physician has ever gone.Described by Osler as the "first figure of a physician to stand out clearly from the mists of antiquity," Imhotep lived about 3000 B.C., during the reign of King Zoser, an outstanding pharaoh of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. "In priestly wisdom, in magic, in the formulation of wise proverbs, in medicine and architecture, this remarkable figure... left so . . .

An Old Kingdom Letter concerning the Crimes of Count Sabni

An Old Kingdom Letter concerning the Crimes of Count Sabni

The Origin of Some Unidentified Old Kingdom Reliefs

The Origin of Some Unidentified Old Kingdom Reliefs

On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom

On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom

On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom

On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom

Three Old-Kingdom Travellers to Byblos and Pwenet

Three Old-Kingdom Travellers to Byblos and Pwenet

Three Old-Kingdom Travellers to Byblos and Pwenet

Three Old-Kingdom Travellers to Byblos and Pwenet