Ancient Babylonian Medicine
：Theory and Practice
Publication subTitle ：Theory and Practice
Author： Markham J. Geller
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9781444320008
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781119025528
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405126526
Subject： K1 World History
Language： ENG
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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 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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