Brain Hieroglyphics Notebook

The ancient Egyptian word for "brain" as it appears in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, translated in 1930 by James Breasted and dated to the seventeenth century B.C. (a reproduction of which can be found in what's-his-name's 100-pound neuroscience textbook). The papyrus documents the symptoms and prognosis of two patients with compound fractures of the skull. Given that the state-of-the-art in Egyptian brain surgery at the time consisted of pulling it out through your nose with a metal hook after you were dead, we're guessing the story did not end well. Customizable.