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UNINA9910140605603321 |
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Autore |
Geller Markham J. |
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Titolo |
Ancient Babylonian medicine : theory and practice / / Markham J. Geller |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-119-06254-3 |
1-282-54768-2 |
9786612547683 |
1-4443-1999-X |
1-4443-2000-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian |
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian - Philosophy |
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian - Methodology |
Magic, Assyro-Babylonian |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Ancient Babylonian Medicine; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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