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Ancient Babylonian Medicine
ISBN-13:
9781444320008
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Markham J. Geller
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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 scholars Attempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related Assigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous Rejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses
Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tabletsAncient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examinesthe way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionalsof the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C.* Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizingcuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medicalrecipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholars* Attempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic wererelated* Assigns authorship to various types of medical literature thatwere previously considered anonymous* Rejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted toapply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses
List of Illustrations viiiList of Abbreviations xAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic 11 Medicine as Science 112 Who Did What to Whom? 433 The Politics of Medicine 564 Medicine as Literature 895 Medicine and Philosophy 1186 Medical Training: MD or PhD? 1307 Uruk Medical Commentaries 1418 Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing 161Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary 168Notes 177References 202Subject Index 211Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words 217Index of Akkadian Personal Names 220