03107nam 2200661 450 991083037680332120230725023345.01-119-06254-31-282-54768-297866125476831-4443-1999-X1-4443-2000-9(CKB)2670000000014775(EBL)514448(OCoLC)609862974(SSID)ssj0000356608(PQKBManifestationID)11224460(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356608(PQKBWorkID)10350261(PQKB)10825857(MiAaPQ)EBC514448(EXLCZ)99267000000001477520151104h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient Babylonian medicine theory and practice /Markham J. GellerChichester, England :Wiley-Blackwell,2010.©20101 online resource (235 p.)Ancient CulturesDescription based upon print version of record.1-119-02552-4 1-4051-2652-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 NamesUtilizing 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 scholarsAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were relatedAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymousAncient cultures (Malden, Mass.)Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianMedicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophyMedicine, Assyro-BabylonianMethodologyMagic, Assyro-BabylonianMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophy.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianMethodology.Magic, Assyro-Babylonian.610.935610.938Geller Markham J.315054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830376803321Ancient Babylonian medicine1349854UNINA