1. Edition - April 2010
105.- Euro
2010. 240 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2652-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2652-6 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
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.

From the 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.