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Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice
Contributor(s): Geller, Markham J. (Author)
ISBN: 1119025524     ISBN-13: 9781119025528
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $37.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - General
- Medical | History
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 610.938
Series: Ancient Cultures
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher 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