Ancient Babylonian medicine : theory and practice / / Markham J. Geller
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| Autore: |
Geller Markham J.
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| Titolo: |
Ancient Babylonian medicine : theory and practice / / Markham J. Geller
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 610.935 |
| 610.938 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian |
| Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian - Philosophy | |
| Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian - Methodology | |
| Magic, Assyro-Babylonian | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Names |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient Babylonian medicine |
| ISBN: | 1-119-06254-3 |
| 1-282-54768-2 | |
| 9786612547683 | |
| 1-4443-1999-X | |
| 1-4443-2000-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830376803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ancient cultures (Malden, Mass.)