{"product_id":"ancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice-paperback-softback-9781119025528","title":"Ancient Babylonian Medicine; Theory and Practice (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119025528","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Babylonian Medicine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheory and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarkham J. Geller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119025528, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUtilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, \u003ci\u003eAncient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Babylonian Medicine and Magic 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Medicine as Science 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Who Did What to Whom? 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Politics of Medicine 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Medicine as Literature 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Medicine and Philosophy 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Medical Training: MD or PhD? 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Uruk Medical Commentaries 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: An Edition of a Medical Commentary 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelective Index of Akkadian and Greek Words 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Akkadian Personal Names 220\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501396357400,"sku":"9781119025528","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119025528.jpg?v=1786235323","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice-paperback-softback-9781119025528","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}