PPT Slide
Ebers papyrus 1500 BC (Bardinet, 1995)
95 prescriptions against illness of eyelids, cornea, trachoma, conjunctivitis
some constituents are identified: malachite, GALENA
but some others are unknown e.g. the SIA mineral
Take the water (humor) contained in pigs eyes, take true antimony, red lead, natural honey, of each 1 Ro; pulverize it finely and combine it into one mass which should be injected into the ear of the patient and he will be cured immediately.