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The Egyptians carried the observation and interpretation of omens to quite as high a degree as the Babylonians and Assyrians. See, e.g., Chabas, Mélanges Égyptologiques, 3^e série, tome ii.; Wiedemann's Religion of Ancient Egypt, p. 263. Lenormant, Choix des Textes Cuneiformes, no. 87. Occurring at the end of the fourth tablet, as an aid for the correct arrangement of the series.
See also H. Bekh and F. Spät, Anonymus Londinensis, Auszuge eines Unbekannten aus Aristoteles-Menons Handbuch der Medizin, Berlin, 1896. As we go to press there appears a preliminary account of the very remarkable Edwin Smith papyrus, see J. H. Breasted in Recueil d'études egyptologiques dédiées
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