A book has been published:
Arkhipov S.V. Medical Record: The Contribution of a
Middle Bronze Age Egyptian Physician to the Book of Genesis. Kyrö: Author’s Edition, 2026. – 312 pp. – 2 tables. – Bibliographical references: 856 entries. [Eng.] ID: GGKEY:5GXG1LS275N
PDF version fully available for reading:
http://books.google.com/books/about?id=OcogEgAAQBAJ
Manuscript with additional
materials:
https://roundligament.blogspot.com/2026/10/medical-record-title-and-contents.html
About the Book:
Before you is the final medical record compiled by the
author over a professional career as an orthopaedic surgeon. This work outlines
information regarding a patient who sustained a hip joint injury in the Middle
Bronze Age. The source material is extracted from the Book of Genesis and
cross-referenced with facts from history, archaeology, natural science, and
medicine past and present. Along the way, it is demonstrated that the
protograph was composed in Ancient Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period,
following the Minoan Eruption, with the participation of an encyclopedic
physician. In this work of fiction, an unknown healer provided the first-ever
description of the mechanism and symptoms of an injury to the ligament of the
head of femur. Thus, 3,600 years ago, an ancient Egyptian doctor laid the
scientific foundation for rational diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and
optimal arthroplasty of the hip joint.
This work is primarily addressed to readers with a
medical education. This is a popular scientific and philosophical-medical
conceptualization that stimulates discussion regarding the limits of ancient
knowledge and the unresolved problems of modern orthopaedics. Colleagues and
those interested in the origins of Abrahamic beliefs will find it intriguing to
learn that the Book of Genesis was conceived as political propaganda to
legitimate an Asiatic official. This high-level compilation of meanings and
early writings from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Hittite Empire originally
possessed no religious significance. To impart realism, the literary monument
was furnished with information regarding the scientific, social, technical, and
technological achievements of the Ancient Near East and North Africa. Among
other things, this epic masterpiece contains the oldest medical knowledge,
demonstrating the author's extraordinary erudition. The archaic doctor
reflected a broad spectrum of nosological entities: Charles Bonnet syndrome,
congenital hypertrichosis, parasitic brain disease, genetically determined
polycystic ovary syndrome, myopia, anthrax, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome,
or Ondine's curse syndrome. Embedded within the verses are accounts of
hazardous conditions during physiological processes, as well as complications
of surgical operations and diseases: post-circumcision inflammation, prolapse
of fetal small parts in multiple pregnancy, foetal postpartum haemorrhage, blindness due to trachoma, hypnopompic
hallucinations, and dreams associated with nocturnal hypoxaemia. Of particular
note in the primary source are: a project for rib resection under anaesthesia,
and the anticipation of genetic and cellular modification followed by
incubation of a human of a different sex. In the plotline involving physicians
participating in embalming, one discerns the earliest evidence of an autopsy.
By way of enlightenment, the basic elements of the physiology of human
conception are presented, and a 'folk' method of treating infertility is
debunked. The text features observational and sanitary-hygienic measures that
later formed the basis for the prevention of contagious infections and epidemic
control. The author's analysis of the aforementioned data and retrospective
diagnosis invite specialists to evaluate the plausibility of the identified
nosologies, medical hypotheses, and hyperboles. Expert review will complement
existing understanding regarding the evolution of diseases and therapeutic
techniques, enhance respect for the intellectual heritage of ancient Egyptian
civilization, and help novice medical professionals develop clinical
reasoning—ultimately assisting in solving the highly complex problem of
ligament of the head of femur reconstruction, which has remained relevant for
over three millennia.
Keywords:
hip joint, hip dislocation, osteoarthritis,
ligament of the head of femur, ligamentum teres, ligamentum capitis femoris,
Minoan Eruption, Bronze Age, Ancient Medicine, Ancient Egypt, Edwin Smith
Papyrus, Biblical Chronology, Genesis, Genesis Protograph, Bereshit
Publication in the Facebook 25/10/2026.
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