title: [The cardiovascular examination in the light of the medical papyruses of old Egypt].
abstract: The cardiovascular complaints take up a significant place in the medical papyri which inform us about the medical knowledge of Ancient Egypt. The heart was depicted circa 3000 BC) with remarkable accuracy. The Ebers papyrus contains the first Essay on Cardiology of Humanity. The Egyptian physicians were the pioneers of the rigorous cardiovascular examination. They worked out an innovative design of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology which influenced all the civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin and lasted more than thirty centuries.
authors.affiliation: ziskindb@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ziskind
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular / Q000266:history*; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*