Question

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 (10[1])despite not practicing it, Imhotep. (10[1])Edwin Smith and George Ebers 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. (10[2])Ancient Greeks seeking help from the god of this profession would fall asleep at a temple called an asclepieion. For 10 points, ancient Egyptian texts on what profession influenced the system of humors found in Greek (10[1])writers like Galen and Hippocrates? ■END■

ANSWER: medicine [accept surgery or healer or healing; accept answers that describe medical practitioners like doctor or physician or surgeon]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AJohns Hopkins5810
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CJohn Jay6310
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia B9410
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordPenn9410
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BRowan13010

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2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y3100%0%67%112.33
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%89.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y9100%0%11%111.89
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%50%114.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%91.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%87.80
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y4100%0%25%103.25