Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates

Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9789004178762
ISBN-13 : 9004178767
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Book Synopsis Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates by : Annie Attia

Download or read book Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates written by Annie Attia and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, which originated with a conference at the Coll ge 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 B ck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand, Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Hee el, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington


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