Historical Bibliography Updated: July 19, 2022
An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians.
Publication Details
Phil. Trans., 115, 269-316. Phil. Trans., 115, 269-316., 1825 CE.
Granville was the first to perform a dissection of an Egyptian mummy. He reported histological observations of samples from a twenty-seventh dynasty Egyptian mummy that he dissected, and he illustrated dissected views of an ovarian cyst from that mummy. Digital facsimile from the Royal Society at this link.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #7702 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/9874 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | an-essay-on-egyptian-mummy |