When Affective Disorders Were Considered to Emanate From the Heart: The Ebers Papyrus
When the heart is sad, behold it is the moroseness of the heart, or the vessels of the heart are closed up in so far as they are not recognizable under thy hand.
When the heart is miserable and is beside itself, behold it is the breath of the heb-xer priest that causes it through the hollow of his hand. It penetrates right down to the rectum in such a manner that the heart comes forth and loses its way under the disease.
When his heart is afflicted and has tasted sadness, behold his heart is closed in and darkness is in his body because of anger which is eating up his heart.
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