Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and PracticeJohn Wiley & Sons, 10 de maig 2010 - 240 pàgines Utilizing 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.
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Medicine as Science | 11 |
Who Did What to Whom? | 43 |
The Politics of Medicine | 56 |
Medicine as Literature | 89 |
Medicine and Philosophy | 118 |
Uruk Medical Commentaries | 141 |
Medicine and Magic as Independent Approaches to Healing | 161 |
Notes | 177 |
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