Ancient Babylonian Medicine
Theory and Practice
Ancient Cultures
1. Auflage April 2010
234 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
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.
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
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.