LEADER 03408nam 22007933 450 001 9911019679803321 005 20251014204423.0 010 $a9786612547683 010 $a9781119062547 010 $a1119062543 010 $a9781282547681 010 $a1282547682 010 $a9781444319996 010 $a144431999X 010 $a9781444320008 010 $a1444320009 010 $z9781119025528$b(print) 010 $z1119025524$b(print) 010 $z9781405126526$b(print) 010 $z1405126523$b(print) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014775 035 $a(EBL)514448 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356608 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224460 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356608 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350261 035 $a(PQKB)10825857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC514448 035 $a(OCoLC)587393874 035 $a(Perlego)1011330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32272778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32272778 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014775 100 $a20251014d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#|||aa|a| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAncient Babylonian medicine $etheory and practice /$fMarkham J. Geller 210 1$aWest Sussex, United Kingdom :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (235 pages) 225 1 $aAncient Cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781119025528 311 08$a1119025524 311 08$a9781405126526 311 08$a1405126523 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAncient 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. 330 $aUtilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholarsAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were relatedAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous. 410 0$aAncient cultures (Malden, Mass.) 606 $aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian 606 $aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian$xPhilosophy 606 $aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian$xMethodology 606 $aMagic, Assyro-Babylonian 615 0$aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian. 615 0$aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMedicine, Assyro-Babylonian$xMethodology. 615 0$aMagic, Assyro-Babylonian. 676 $a610.938 700 $aGeller$b Markham J.$0315054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019679803321 996 $aAncient Babylonian medicine$91349854 997 $aUNINA