Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and PracticeISBN: 978-1-4051-2652-6
Hardcover
240 pages
April 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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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
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