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Phoebe Hearst names a document discussing this profession written in Hieratic writing. A James Peter Allen book about the art of this profession in Ancient Egypt translates a text called the “Secret Book,” whose reverse side listed instructions for magic. That text is attributed to an architect and official who became associated with the Greek god of this profession despite not practicing it, (10[1])Imhotep. (10[2])Edwin Smith and George Ebers (-5[1])name two papyruses about this profession that describe ideas like the theory of “channels” that likely influenced the Greek writer of On the Nature of Man. Ancient Greeks seeking help from the god of this profession would fall asleep at a temple called an (10[1])asclepieion. (10[1])For 10 points, ancient Egyptian texts on what profession influenced the system of humors found in Greek writers like Galen and Hippocrates? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: medicine [accept surgery or healer or healing; accept answers that describe medical practitioners like doctor or physician or surgeon]
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Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BIowa B6210
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa A6310
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A6310
Alan ZhangUBC AAppalachian State68-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont ARice A11210
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AUW A11310
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateUBC A13610

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2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y3100%0%67%112.33
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