Format:
1 online resource (234 pages)
ISBN:
9789047404187
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9004124012
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9789004124011
Series Statement:
Cuneiform Monographs v.v. 36
Content:
Presents a collection of articles on disease in Babylonia, providing detailed information derived from published and unpublished medical texts in cuneiform script from the second and first millennia BC. This book is suitable for anyone interested in the history of ancient medicine as well as being an important contribution to Assyriology.
Content:
Intro -- FOREWORD -- FEVERS IN BABYLONIA --- Marten Stol -- BETWEEN MAGIC AND MEDICINE-APROPOS OF AN OLD BABYLONIAN THERAPEUTIC TEXT AGAINST KURÀRUM DISEASE --- Nathan Wasserman -- INFANTILE AND CHILDHOOD CONVULSIONS, AND SA.GIG XXIX --- J. V. Kinnier Wilson -- ON STROKE AND FACIAL PALSY IN BABYLONIAN TEXTS --- J. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds -- HITTITE RITUALS AGAINST THREATS AND OTHER DISEASES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN TRADITIONS --- V. Haas -- THE HANDS OF THE GODS: DISEASE NAMES, AND DIVINE ANGER --- Nils P. Heeßel -- EPILEPSY IN MESOPOTAMIA RECONSIDERED --- Hector Avalos -- LAMA"TU-AGENT OF A SPECIFIC DISEASE OR A GENERIC DESTROYER OF HEALTH? --- Walter Farber -- WITCHCRAFT, IMPOTENCE, AND INDIGESTION --- Tzvi Abusch -- THE DEMON OF THE ROOF --- T. Kwasman -- PHLEGM AND BREATH-BABYLONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE --- M. J. Geller -- WOMEN'S MEDICINES IN ANCIENT JEWISH SOURCES: FERTILITY ENHANCERS AND INHIBITERS --- John M. Riddle -- ANCIENT & CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT IN A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY --- Ellis Douek.
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FOREWORD; FEVERS IN BABYLONIA- Marten Stol; BETWEEN MAGIC AND MEDICINE-APROPOS OF AN OLD BABYLONIAN THERAPEUTIC TEXT AGAINST KURÀRUM DISEASE -- - Nathan Wasserman; INFANTILE AND CHILDHOOD CONVULSIONS, AND SA.GIG XXIX -- - J. V. Kinnier Wilson; ON STROKE AND FACIAL PALSY IN BABYLONIAN TEXTS -- - J. V. Kinnier Wilson and E. H. Reynolds; HITTITE RITUALS AGAINST THREATS AND OTHER DISEASES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN TRADITIONS -- - V. Haas; THE HANDS OF THE GODS: DISEASE NAMES, AND DIVINE ANGER -- - Nils P. Heeßel; EPILEPSY IN MESOPOTAMIA RECONSIDERED -- - Hector Avalos
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LAMA"TU-AGENT OF A SPECIFIC DISEASE OR A GENERIC DESTROYER OF HEALTH?- Walter FarberWITCHCRAFT, IMPOTENCE, AND INDIGESTION -- - Tzvi Abusch; THE DEMON OF THE ROOF -- - T. Kwasman; PHLEGM AND BREATH-BABYLONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE -- - M. J. Geller; WOMEN'S MEDICINES IN ANCIENT JEWISH SOURCES: FERTILITY ENHANCERS AND INHIBITERS -- - John M. Riddle; ANCIENT & CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT IN A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY -- - Ellis Douek
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Language:
English
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