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

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405126526)

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

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

$42.95
Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice by Geller, Markham J.

Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

$42.95
Format: Hardcover
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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: 1405126523
ISBN-13: 9781405126526
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2010
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 69
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 Guest Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is the author of Evil Demons: Canonical Utukku Lemnutu Incantations (2007) and co-editor of Disease in Babylo-nia (2007)and Imagining Creation (2008).

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