A flower of gardens, garlands, and the medical papyri. Egyptian physicians knew preparations said to soothe pain and quiet crying children; whether these were true opium preparations, and how early the opium poppy reached Egypt, is debated among scholars, with claimed residue evidence from imported vessels still contested. The series uses poppy within its attested horizon: a physician's plant, handled with respect.
Medicine in the series’ world
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