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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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations viii

List of Abbreviations x

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic 1

1 Medicine as Science 11

2 Who Did What to Whom? 43

3 The Politics of Medicine 56

4 Medicine as Literature 89

5 Medicine and Philosophy 118

6 Medical Training: MD or PhD? 130

7 Uruk Medical Commentaries 141

8 Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing 161

Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary 168

Notes 177

References 202

Subject Index 211

Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words 217

Index of Akkadian Personal Names 220

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 26/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9781119025528, 978-1119025528
      ISBN10: 1119025524
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      Middle Eastern history History of medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations viii

      List of Abbreviations x

      Acknowledgments xii

      Introduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic 1

      1 Medicine as Science 11

      2 Who Did What to Whom? 43

      3 The Politics of Medicine 56

      4 Medicine as Literature 89

      5 Medicine and Philosophy 118

      6 Medical Training: MD or PhD? 130

      7 Uruk Medical Commentaries 141

      8 Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing 161

      Appendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary 168

      Notes 177

      References 202

      Subject Index 211

      Selective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words 217

      Index of Akkadian Personal Names 220

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