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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785403003321

Titolo

Advances in Mesopotamian medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the International Conference "Oeil Malade et Mauvais Oeil", Collège de France, Paris, 23rd June 2006 / / edited by Annie Attia and Gilles Buisson ; with the collaboration of Markham J. Geller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-95073-8

9786612950735

90-474-4111-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Cuneiform monographs, , 0929-0052 ; ; v. 37

Altri autori (Persone)

AttiaAnnie

BuissonGilles

GellerMarkham J

Disciplina

610.9

Soggetti

Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- Introduction: \'Oeilmalade Etmauvais Oeil\' / Markham J. Geller -- The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-ša-Marduk. Another Look At Physicians And Exorcists In The Ancient Near East / Nils P. Heeßel -- \'To be ill\' in Akkadian:The Verb Salā’u and the Substantive Sili’tu / Marten Stol -- Some Notes On Medical Information Outside The Medical Corpora / Martin Worthington -- Cuneiform Tablets On Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources In Relation To The Series DIŠ NA IGIII-ŠÚ GIG / Jeanette C. Fincke -- On Medical Technology In Ancient Mesopotamia / Barbara Böck -- L’Ancienneté de lamédecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan / Paul Demont -- Source Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- Akkadian And Sumerian Words Treated / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- General Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, which originated with a conference at the Collège de France, comprises contributions by many of the leading researchers in Babylonian and Assyrian medicine. A wealth of topics are studied,



including medical lexicography, prosopography, and technology, economic aspects of healing, and Mesopotamian influence on Greece. First-time editions of cuneiform medical tablets are presented. The volume will interest scholars in many branches of Assyriology, and also historians of Greek medicine. Contributors: Barbara Böck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand, Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Heeßel, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington