Initilizing 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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