{"product_id":"womens-healthcare-in-ancient-mesopotamia-ulrike-steinert-9781501515255","title":"Women's Healthcare in Ancient Mesopotamia in the First Millennium Bce: An Edition of the Textual Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003eAncient Mesopotamian medical texts remain a little-known field within the history of medicine, since only few of the preserved texts are accessible in the form of recent editions. This volume contributes to the study of Mesopotamian healing systems by presenting the first comprehensive edition of the corpus of cuneiform texts concerned with women's health issues. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book, which includes several hitherto unpublished tablets, contains diagnostic and therapeutic texts, ranging from medical prescriptions to incantations, rituals and fertility tests, written between the 3rd and the late 1st millennium BCE. Selected scholarly commentaries on diagnostic or therapeutic texts from the 1st millennium BCE are also included in the volume. While the main thematic focus of Mesopotamian gynaecology lies on female fertility, pregnancy and birth, the corpus covers an impressive range of health problems spanning from haemorrhage to cosmetic treatments. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplemented by philological commentaries and an introduction that provides an overview of the textual history and a discussion of medical theories and practices, this text book forms an up-to-date survey for both specialists and non-specialist readers interested in Mesopotamian medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulrike Steinert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150151525X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501515255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ulrike Steinert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927854502143,"sku":"9781501515255","price":196.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0e75523-1569-4348-b5ff-b441d259690b.jpg?v=1749373175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-healthcare-in-ancient-mesopotamia-ulrike-steinert-9781501515255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}