Ancient Babylonian Medicine
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Ancient Babylonian Medicine

Theory and Practice

Markham J. Geller

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Ancient Babylonian Medicine

Theory and Practice

Markham J. Geller

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About This Book

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 scholars
  • Attempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related
  • Assigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous
  • Rejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781119062547

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Illustrations
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic
  11. 1: Medicine as Science
  12. 2: Who Did What to Whom?
  13. 3: The Politics of Medicine
  14. 4: Medicine as Literature
  15. 5: Medicine and Philosophy
  16. 6: Medical Training: MD or PhD?
  17. 7: Uruk Medical Commentaries
  18. 8: Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing
  19. Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Subject Index
  23. Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words
  24. Index of Akkadian Personal Names
  25. End User License Agreement
Citation styles for Ancient Babylonian Medicine

APA 6 Citation

Geller, M. (2015). Ancient Babylonian Medicine (1st ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1011330/ancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice-pdf (Original work published 2015)

Chicago Citation

Geller, Markham. (2015) 2015. Ancient Babylonian Medicine. 1st ed. Wiley. https://www.perlego.com/book/1011330/ancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Geller, M. (2015) Ancient Babylonian Medicine. 1st edn. Wiley. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1011330/ancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Geller, Markham. Ancient Babylonian Medicine. 1st ed. Wiley, 2015. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.