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Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice (Ancient Cultures)

By Markham J. Geller

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
1405126523, 9781405126526
LCC
R135.3 .G44 2010
Open Library ID
OL23872495M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2697096 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
236\236
Topic
Medicine
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholarsAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were relatedAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymousRejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses

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