Researchers have uncovered what look like surgery marks on an ancient Egyptian skull with remains of a tumour-like growth, suggesting ancient Egyptians not only got cancer, they may also have tried to treat it.
on the skull of an ancient EgyptianTexts from the time period suggest that it's more likely to be an attempted treatment, but more research is neededEdgard Camarós, a palaeopathologist from the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain."More than 4,000 years ago they were trying to medically manage what we nowadays call cancer."ancient Egyptian and German populations
The second was skull E270. This belonged to a woman over 50, who lived between 664 and 343 BC, and had several healed fractures, as well as a large hole"The authors have performed rigorous, non-invasive investigations of these two individuals, using state-of-the art microscopy and radiological methods," Professor Power said.
"This is not just because of the advancement of new techniques, but also with the change in the perspective that medical care and treatment must have been older than previously thought."If the cuts were made before death, this would show ancient Egyptians were trying to cut out what we now understand as cancer from patients.
Checking the text for ABC Science, Dr Di Biase-Dyson found treatments for these growths ranging from a mix of herbs applied to the skin to surgery using a cauterising knife.
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