77 A Successful Operation

A successful operation

一例成功的手术

The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B. C. has just had an operation.

死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。

The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes.

这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。

As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy,

由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有奇怪的斑点,

doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease.

所以,医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。

The only way to do this was to operate.

搞清的唯一办法就是手术。