Ancient Babylonian medicine : theory and practice
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Markham J Geller
- ناشر : Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9781405126526
Description
Introduction to Babylonian medicine and magic -- Medicine as science -- Who did what to whom? -- The politics of medicine -- Medicine as literature -- Medicine and philosophy -- Medical training : MD or PhD? -- Uruk medical commentaries -- Medicine and magic as independent approaches to healing -- Appendix: an edition of a medical commentary.
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.
