03408nam 22007933 450 991101967980332120251014204423.0978661254768397811190625471119062543978128254768112825476829781444319996144431999X978144432000814443200099781119025528(print)1119025524(print)9781405126526(print)1405126523(print)(CKB)2670000000014775(EBL)514448(SSID)ssj0000356608(PQKBManifestationID)11224460(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356608(PQKBWorkID)10350261(PQKB)10825857(MiAaPQ)EBC514448(OCoLC)587393874(Perlego)1011330(MiAaPQ)EBC32272778(Au-PeEL)EBL32272778(EXLCZ)99267000000001477520251014d2010 uy 0engur|n#|||aa|a|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAncient Babylonian medicine theory and practice /Markham J. GellerWest Sussex, United Kingdom :Wiley-Blackwell,2010.1 online resource (235 pages)Ancient CulturesDescription based upon print version of record.9781119025528 1119025524 9781405126526 1405126523 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 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 anonymous.Ancient cultures (Malden, Mass.)Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianMedicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophyMedicine, Assyro-BabylonianMethodologyMagic, Assyro-BabylonianMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophy.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianMethodology.Magic, Assyro-Babylonian.610.938Geller Markham J.315054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019679803321Ancient Babylonian medicine1349854UNINA