Imhotep, a great Egyptian physician who lived around 2625 BC, described 48 cases on papyrus, including fractures of the hand, gaping abscesses of the skin, and shattered skull bones. These cases are treated as medical conditions rather than occult phenomena, each with its own anatomical glossary, diagnosis, summary, and prognosis.
But with case forty-five—breast cancer, Imhotep fell atypically silent. Under the section titled "Therapy," he offered only a single sentence: "There is none."
一位大约生活在公元前2652年的伟大埃及医生 Imhotep 在莎草纸上记录了48个病例，包括手部骨折、皮肤脓肿和颅骨碎裂。这些病例都被视为医学问题而非超自然现象。每个病例都有解剖描述、诊断结论、治疗总结和预后。
但是对于第45个病例——乳腺癌，Imhotep 却一反常态地沉默。在题为“治疗方法”的章节下，他只写了短短一句话：“没有治疗方法。”
- fracture
/ˈfræktʃər/n. a break in a bone or other hard material （指状态）骨折，断裂，折断，破裂 - abscess
/ˈæbses/n. 脓肿 - occult
/əˈkʌlt/adj. connected with magic powers and things that cannot be explained by reason or science 神秘的；玄妙的；超自然的；不可思议的 - breast cancer 乳腺癌
- atypical
/ˌeɪˈtɪpɪkl/adj. not typical or usual 非典型的；反常的 - therapy
/ˈθerəpi/n. the treatment of a physical problem or an illness 治疗；疗法
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