The Carlsberg papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus.

Egyptian medical papyri are ancient Egyptian texts written on papyrus which permit a glimpse at medical procedures and practices in ancient Egypt.

The most detailed and sophisticated of the extant medical papyri, it is also the world's oldest surgical text.

The papyrus dates to around 1550BC and covers 110 pages, making it the lengthiest of the medical papyri.

Papyrus V contains numerous prescriptions dealing with the relaxation of limbs, written in hieroglyphic script, rather than hieratic script as other medical papyri were.

The easiest way to see how good they were at medicine is to look at the medical papyri which have survived to the present day.

It and other medical papyri describe Ancient Egyptian medical practices, such as using honey to treat infections.

It ranks as the most important surviving medical papyrus and provides important information about the history of Greek medical thought.

The Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus is one of the extant medical papyri from ancient Egypt.

It is thought there were more medical papyri, but many have been lost due to grave robbing.