LEADER 03616nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910777057403321 005 20211105135042.0 010 $a1-281-38425-9 010 $a9786611384258 010 $a90-474-0418-1 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004124011.i-226 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414225 035 $a(EBL)467643 035 $a(OCoLC)298788326 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000139881 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139881 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028265 035 $a(PQKB)10295155 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467643 035 $a(OCoLC)70929232 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047404187 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10234839 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL138425 035 $a(PPN)170691748 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414225 100 $a20060808d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDisease in Babylonia$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 225 1 $aCuneiform monographs,$x0929-0052 ;$vv. 36 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-12401-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary material /$rI.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller --$tFevers in Babylonia /$rMarten Stol --$tBetween magic and medicine?Apropos of an old babylonian therapeutic text against Kuràrum disease /$rNathan Wasserman --$tInfantile and childhood convulsions, and Sa.Gig XXIX /$rJ. V. Kinnier Wilson --$tOn stroke and facial palsy in babylonian texts /$rJ. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds --$tHittite rituals against threats and other diseases and their relationship to the mesopotamian traditions /$rV. Haas --$tThe hands of the gods: Disease names, and divine anger /$rNils P. Heeßel --$tEpilepsy in Mesopotamia reconsidered --- Hector Avalos /$rI.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller --$tLama?tu?Agent of a specific disease or a generic destroyer of health? /$rWalter Farber --$tWitchcraft, impotence, and indigestion /$rTzvi Abusch --$tThe demon of the roof /$rT. Kwasman --$tPhlegm and breath?Babylonian contributions to hippocratic medicine /$rM. J. Geller --$tWomen?s medicines in ancient jewish sources: Fertility enhancers and inhibiters /$rJohn M. Riddle --$tAncient and contemporary management in a disease of unknown aetiology /$rEllis Douek --$tIndex /$rI.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller. 330 $aThis collection of articles is the first collection of studies on the specific subject of disease in Babylonia, based upon actual medical texts, with contributions by senior scholars who have spent years working on published and unpublished cuneiform medical texts. The volume contains editions of unpublished materials as well as syntheses of information about specific diseases in Babylonia, such as fever, published here for the first time. The volume will be important for anyone interested in the history of ancient medicine as well as being an important contribution to Assyriology. 410 0$aCuneiform monographs ;$v36. 606 $aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian 615 0$aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian. 676 $a610.9 701 $aFinkel$b Irving L$01486143 701 $aGeller$b Markham J$0315054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777057403321 996 $aDisease in Babylonia$93786104 997 $aUNINA