Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice by Geller, Markham J.

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781119025528)

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Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice by Geller, Markham J.

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

$38.95
Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice by Geller, Markham J.

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

$38.95
Format: Paperback
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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.
  • 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


Author: Markham J. Geller
ISBN-10: 1119025524
ISBN-13: 9781119025528
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2015
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
By Markham J. Geller
By Markham J. Geller
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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 Utukkū Lemnūtu 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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