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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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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic
- 1: Medicine as Science
- 2: Who Did What to Whom?
- 3: The Politics of Medicine
- 4: Medicine as Literature
- 5: Medicine and Philosophy
- 6: Medical Training: MD or PhD?
- 7: Uruk Medical Commentaries
- 8: Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing
- Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary
- Notes
- References
- Subject Index
- Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words
- Index of Akkadian Personal Names
- End User License Agreement
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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.