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Bill Schutt talks "Pump: A Natural History of the Heart"

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Ancient Egyptians' Understanding of the Heart

The egyptian book of the heart is written on popyrus and hieroglyphs. And it appears to some translators that the egyptians knew quite a bit about heart attacks and aneurisms. They had a different way of thinking back then, so you always have to be careful with your translations. The idea that the heart is the seat of emotion became entrenched with artists, and it's still there.

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