Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- Introduction: \'Oeilmalade Etmauvais Oeil\' / Markham J. Geller -- The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-ša-Marduk. Another Look At Physicians And Exorcists In The Ancient Near East / Nils P. Heeßel -- \'To be ill\' in Akkadian:The Verb Salā’u and the Substantive Sili’tu / Marten Stol -- Some Notes On Medical Information Outside The Medical Corpora / Martin Worthington -- Cuneiform Tablets On Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources In Relation To The Series DIŠ NA IGIII-ŠÚ GIG / Jeanette C. Fincke -- On Medical Technology In Ancient Mesopotamia / Barbara Böck -- L’Ancienneté de lamédecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan / Paul Demont -- Source Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- Akkadian And Sumerian Words Treated / A. Attia and G. Buisson -- General Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson.

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This volume, which originated with a conference at the Collège de France, comprises contributions by many of the leading researchers in Babylonian and Assyrian medicine. A wealth of topics are studied, including medical lexicography, prosopography, and technology, economic aspects of healing, and Mesopotamian influence on Greece. First-time editions of cuneiform medical tablets are presented. The volume will interest scholars in many branches of Assyriology, and also historians of Greek medicine. Contributors: Barbara Böck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand, Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Heeßel, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington

One chapter in French.