Advances in Mesopotamian medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates : proceedings of the International Conference "Oeil Malade et Mauvais Oeil", Collège de France, Paris, 23rd June 2006 / / edited by Annie Attia and Gilles Buisson ; with the collaboration of Markham J. Geller.

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 Me...

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Superior document:Cuneiform monographs, v. 37
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Cuneiform monographs ; 37.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.