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Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

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By (author): Markham J. Geller

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
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Product Details
  • Weight: 340g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Jun 2015
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781119025528

About Markham J. Geller

Markham J. Geller is Professor of Semitic Languages at University College London and Professor for the History of Science at the Free University Berlin. He is the author of Evil Demons: Canonical Utukk Lemntu Incantations (2007) and Melothesia in Babylonia (2014) editor of Melammu the Ancient World in an Age of Globalization (2014) and co-editor of Disease in Babylonia(2007) and Imagining Creation (2008).  

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