Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

By Markham J. Geller

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119025524
• ISBN13: 9781119025528
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"