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 /

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 /

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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Corporate Author: International Conference "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil" Collège de France)

Other Authors: Attia, Annie., Buisson, Gilles.

Format: Conference Proceeding eBook

Language: English
French

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Cuneiform Monographs 37.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

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Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian > Congresses.

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Call Number: R135.3 .I58 2006

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Summary: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 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 Böck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand, Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Heeßel, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789047441113
ISSN:0929-0052 ;
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