مرض الحمى o π upetOs في مصر أبان العصر الروماني : دراسة وثائقية في الأسباب و الأنواع و طرق العلاج

Abstract EN

Fevers were widespread throughout the ancient world.

The writer of the Hippocratic De Aera, Aquis, Locis, noted that certain types of fevers tended to occur in hot regions.

However, the treatise also observed that 'water contributes much towards health' and it is important to remember that while Roman Egypt was certainly a region with a hot dry climate, the Nile was also one of its most prominent features.

The term 'fever' was widely used in antiquity to denote a variety of febrile symptoms and different diseases beacuse any disease that exhibited febrile symptoms was itself regarded as a kind of fever.

Consequently, there are numerous examples of outbreaks of 'fever' to be found in the documentary papyri.

The words used most commonly for referring to fevers in a general sense are 0 in Greek and febris in Latin, seemingly no matter how extreme the fever happened to be, while is used to indicate that a fever has passed.

In this paper, however, I will explore in detail the following points: 1 - Introduction 2 - Malarial Fever 3 - Fevers caused by Bacterial Infection 4 - Puerperal Fever 5 - Medical Healing 6 - Magical Healing 7 - Religious Healing Conclusion.