03649nam 2200637 a 450 991045070140332120211105135042.01-281-38425-9978661138425890-474-0418-110.1163/ej.9789004124011.i-226(CKB)1000000000414225(EBL)467643(OCoLC)298788326(SSID)ssj0000139881(PQKBManifestationID)11144883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139881(PQKBWorkID)10028265(PQKB)10295155(MiAaPQ)EBC467643(OCoLC)70929232(nllekb)BRILL9789047404187(PPN)170691748(Au-PeEL)EBL467643(CaPaEBR)ebr10234839(CaONFJC)MIL138425(EXLCZ)99100000000041422520060808d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDisease in Babylonia[electronic resource] /edited by I.L. Finkel and M.J. GellerLeiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (234 p.)Cuneiform monographs,0929-0052 ;v. 36Description based upon print version of record.90-04-12401-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary material /I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller --Fevers in Babylonia /Marten Stol --Between magic and medicine—Apropos of an old babylonian therapeutic text against Kuràrum disease /Nathan Wasserman --Infantile and childhood convulsions, and Sa.Gig XXIX /J. V. Kinnier Wilson --On stroke and facial palsy in babylonian texts /J. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds --Hittite rituals against threats and other diseases and their relationship to the mesopotamian traditions /V. Haas --The hands of the gods: Disease names, and divine anger /Nils P. Heeßel --Epilepsy in Mesopotamia reconsidered --- Hector Avalos /I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller --Lamaštu—Agent of a specific disease or a generic destroyer of health? /Walter Farber --Witchcraft, impotence, and indigestion /Tzvi Abusch --The demon of the roof /T. Kwasman --Phlegm and breath—Babylonian contributions to hippocratic medicine /M. J. Geller --Women’s medicines in ancient jewish sources: Fertility enhancers and inhibiters /John M. Riddle --Ancient and contemporary management in a disease of unknown aetiology /Ellis Douek --Index /I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller.This collection of articles is the first collection of studies on the specific subject of disease in Babylonia, based upon actual medical texts, with contributions by senior scholars who have spent years working on published and unpublished cuneiform medical texts. The volume contains editions of unpublished materials as well as syntheses of information about specific diseases in Babylonia, such as fever, published here for the first time. The volume will be important for anyone interested in the history of ancient medicine as well as being an important contribution to Assyriology.Cuneiform monographs ;36.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianElectronic books.Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.610.9Finkel Irving L850091Geller Markham J315054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450701403321Disease in Babylonia1898254UNINA