MEDICAL CANNABIS A SHORT GRAPHICAL HISTORY EGYPT Papyrus Ebers (1550 BC) Prescription E618 The Ebers Medical Papyrus - Part of Plate LXXVIII: Formula No. 618 (Plate #78, Lines 10-11) Papyrus Ebers (1550 BC) E 618 - Enema Cannabis was employed in the same papyrus as a poultice on a toenail (E 618, Ebers Papyrus 617- 618) If you find a painful finger or a toe, from water having been around them (serosity), their odor being malignant, whereas they have formed maggots [worms], you must say to this patient: “A problem that I can treat”. You must prepare for him treatments to kill the vermin [. . .]. Another for the toenail: honey: 1/4; ochre 1/64; cannabis: 1/32; hedjou resin: 1/32, ibou plant: 1/32. Prepare as for the preceding, and dress with it’.] [1] Part of Plate LXXVIII - Courtesy of the "University of Lepzia" FOOTNOTES: [1] - 'Les papyrus me´dicaux de lAE´ gypte pharaonique : traduction inte´grale et commentaire',(p. 339) By T. Bardinet [translation E. B. R.] -- As taken from CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY Vol.4 (2007) -- History of Cannabis and Its Preparations in Saga, Science, and Sobriquet by Ethan B. Russo WANT TO KNOW MORE: ===================== Due to space / download time considerations, only selected materials are displayed. If you would like to obtain more information, feel free to contact the museum. All our material is available (at cost) on CD-Rom format. CONTACT PAGE EGYPT Back to the Last Section   BACK TO MAIN SECTION   EGYPT On to the Next Section