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Edwin Smith Papyrus, an Uncommon card
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Edwin Smith Papyrus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edwin Smith Papyrus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This document, which may have been a manual of ______ surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors.
Answer
military. This document, which may have been a manual of military surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors. From the Edwin Smith Papyrus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in ____, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma.
Answer
1860s. The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma. From the Edwin Smith Papyrus article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- This document, which may have been a manual of military surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors.
- It is unique among the surviving Egyptian medical papyri because it presents a rational and scientific approach to medicine in ancient Egypt and avoids prescribing magic.
- This copy dates to Dynasties 16–17 of the Second Intermediate Period in ancient Egypt, c. 1600 BCE but the original may date from the Old Kingdom.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edwin Smith Papyrus article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Edwin Smith Papyrus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edwin Smith Papyrus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jeff Dahl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
