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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818126003321

Autore

Scurlock Jo Ann <1953->

Titolo

Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian medicine : ancient sources, translations, and modern medical analyses / / translated and with commentary by JoAnn Scurlock, Burton R. Andersen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2005

ISBN

0-252-09238-4

1-283-99167-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (912 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersenBurton R. <1932->

Disciplina

610/.935

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

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Concordance of Sigla""; ""Translator's Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Ancient Mesopotamian Context""; ""2. General Health and Public Health Practices""; ""3. Infectious Diseases""; ""4. Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs)""; ""5. Genitourinary Tract Diseases""; ""6. Gastrointestinal Diseases""; ""7. Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases""; ""8. Heart, Circulatory System, and Lungs""; ""9. Eyes, Ears, and Nose""; ""10. Skin and Hair""; ""11. Bones and Joints""; ""12. Obstetrics and Gynecology""; ""13. Neurology""

""14. Trauma and Shock""""15. Poisons""; ""16. Mental Illness""; ""17. Pediatrics""; ""18. Dental and Oral Diseases""; ""19. Ancient Etiologies: The Naming of Disease Patterns""; ""20. Prognostics""; ""Conclusion""; ""Unsolved Puzzles Appendix""; ""Chart Showing the Arrangement of Entries""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""