| Gastrointestinal Disease and Its Treatment in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Nineveh Treatise Contributor(s): Johnson, J. Cale (Author), Simkó, Krisztián (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501515268 ISBN-13: 9781501515262 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $187.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2024 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of July 14, 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Ancient - History | Middle East - General |
| Physical Information: 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Babylonian medicine is the most important corpus of ancient medicine prior to the Greeks. This volume provides a comprehensive picture of how gasrtrointestinal illness, jaundice and related fevers, as well as diarrhea were treated in ancient Mesopotamia. The editions include transliterations, straightforward translations and essential commentary, and are divided into three main sections: the standard corpus for the treatment of gastrointestinal illness in Royal Library in Nineveh (otherwise known as the sualu subcorpus), the related group of texts that attribute intestinal disturbances to malevolent ghosts and a third group of texts focused on diarrhea. In addition to the standard compendia, isolated precursor texts, which were incorporated into these compendia, are included here in appendices. This volume provides an overarching picture of the entire field of gastrointestinal illnesses and related conditions in ancient Mesopotamia. |