Ancient Babylonian Medicine

Ancient Babylonian Medicine

Theory and Practice

Geller, Markham J.

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

06/2015

240

Mole

Inglês

9781119025528

15 a 20 dias

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.
List of Illustrations viii List of Abbreviations x Acknowledgments xii Introduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic 1 1 Medicine as Science 11 2 Who Did What to Whom? 43 3 The Politics of Medicine 56 4 Medicine as Literature 89 5 Medicine and Philosophy 118 6 Medical Training: MD or PhD? 130 7 Uruk Medical Commentaries 141 8 Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing 161 Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary 168 Notes 177 References 202 Subject Index 211 Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words 217 Index of Akkadian Personal Names 220
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