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Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice
Contributor(s): Geller, Markham J. (Author)
ISBN: 1405126523     ISBN-13: 9781405126526
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $40.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - General
- Medical | History
Dewey: 610.938
LCCN: 2009046375
Series: Ancient Cultures
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.1 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher 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.
  • 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