RT Journal
T1 THe diseases of the early egyptians
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD June 13
VO 307
IS 22
SP 2354
OP 2354
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3030
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3030
AB 
On several previous occasions we have referred to the interesting studies on the pathology of ancient Egypt, as disclosed by the studies of mummies and skeletons from tombs and excavations which are being made in the medical school at Cairo, especially by Drs. Elliott Smith and Marc Armand Ruffer.1 These have disclosed many points of identity of the diseases of from two to four thousand years ago and the diseases of the present day, as well as noteworthy differences. Renal and vesical calculi were common, and evidence of bacterial infections has been made out in some bodies. Malignant disease, gout, leprosy, infantile paralysis and appendicitis seem to have existed in the days of the Pharaohs, while arteriosclerosis was common then as now.