Disease in Babylonia /
Disease in Babylonia /
edited by I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller.
- 1 online resource.
- Brill eBook titles 2007 .
- Cuneiform Monographs 36. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222700. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Fevers in Babylonia / Between magic and medicine—Apropos of an old babylonian therapeutic text against Kuràrum disease / Infantile and childhood convulsions, and Sa.Gig XXIX / On stroke and facial palsy in babylonian texts / Hittite rituals against threats and other diseases and their relationship to the mesopotamian traditions / The hands of the gods: Disease names, and divine anger / Epilepsy in Mesopotamia reconsidered --- Hector Avalos / Lamaštu—Agent of a specific disease or a generic destroyer of health? / Witchcraft, impotence, and indigestion / The demon of the roof / Phlegm and breath—Babylonian contributions to hippocratic medicine / Women’s medicines in ancient jewish sources: Fertility enhancers and inhibiters / Ancient and contemporary management in a disease of unknown aetiology / Index / I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Marten Stol -- Nathan Wasserman -- J. V. Kinnier Wilson -- J. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds -- V. Haas -- Nils P. Heeßel -- I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Walter Farber -- Tzvi Abusch -- T. Kwasman -- M. J. Geller -- John M. Riddle -- Ellis Douek -- I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller.
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This collection of articles is the first collection of studies on the specific subject of disease in Babylonia, based upon actual medical texts, with contributions by senior scholars who have spent years working on published and unpublished cuneiform medical texts. The volume contains editions of unpublished materials as well as syntheses of information about specific diseases in Babylonia, such as fever, published here for the first time. The volume will be important for anyone interested in the history of ancient medicine as well as being an important contribution to Assyriology.
9789047404187
10.1163/ej.9789004124011.i-226 DOI
2006049182
GBA686680 bnb
013573728 Uk 101284790 DNLM B0700831 bccb
History, Ancient--Ancient Lands.
Bijgeloof.
Oudheid.
Ziekten.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--Ancient Lands.
History of Medicine--Ancient Lands.
Medicine, Traditional--history--Ancient Lands.
Superstitions--history--Ancient Lands.
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Babylonië.
R135.3 / .D57 2007
610.9
2007 D-772 WZ 51 / D611 2007
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Fevers in Babylonia / Between magic and medicine—Apropos of an old babylonian therapeutic text against Kuràrum disease / Infantile and childhood convulsions, and Sa.Gig XXIX / On stroke and facial palsy in babylonian texts / Hittite rituals against threats and other diseases and their relationship to the mesopotamian traditions / The hands of the gods: Disease names, and divine anger / Epilepsy in Mesopotamia reconsidered --- Hector Avalos / Lamaštu—Agent of a specific disease or a generic destroyer of health? / Witchcraft, impotence, and indigestion / The demon of the roof / Phlegm and breath—Babylonian contributions to hippocratic medicine / Women’s medicines in ancient jewish sources: Fertility enhancers and inhibiters / Ancient and contemporary management in a disease of unknown aetiology / Index / I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Marten Stol -- Nathan Wasserman -- J. V. Kinnier Wilson -- J. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds -- V. Haas -- Nils P. Heeßel -- I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Walter Farber -- Tzvi Abusch -- T. Kwasman -- M. J. Geller -- John M. Riddle -- Ellis Douek -- I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This collection of articles is the first collection of studies on the specific subject of disease in Babylonia, based upon actual medical texts, with contributions by senior scholars who have spent years working on published and unpublished cuneiform medical texts. The volume contains editions of unpublished materials as well as syntheses of information about specific diseases in Babylonia, such as fever, published here for the first time. The volume will be important for anyone interested in the history of ancient medicine as well as being an important contribution to Assyriology.
9789047404187
10.1163/ej.9789004124011.i-226 DOI
2006049182
GBA686680 bnb
013573728 Uk 101284790 DNLM B0700831 bccb
History, Ancient--Ancient Lands.
Bijgeloof.
Oudheid.
Ziekten.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--Ancient Lands.
History of Medicine--Ancient Lands.
Medicine, Traditional--history--Ancient Lands.
Superstitions--history--Ancient Lands.
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Babylonië.
R135.3 / .D57 2007
610.9
2007 D-772 WZ 51 / D611 2007