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The Edwin Smith Papyrus is the world's oldest surviving surgical document written in hieratic script in ancient Egypt around 1600 BCE. Plate 6 and 7 of the papyrus, pictured here, discuss facial trauma.
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Dahl, J. (2016, February 09). Edwin Smith Papyrus. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/4542/
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