Magico-Medical Means of Treating Ghost-Induced Illnesses in Ancient Mesopotamia
Title | Magico-Medical Means of Treating Ghost-Induced Illnesses in Ancient Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | JoAnn Scurlock |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 800 |
Release | 2005-12-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9047404173 |
This work explores the interaction between magic and medicine in ancient Mesopotamia, as applied specifically to ghosts. Included is a discussion of sin and natural causes in Mesopotamian medicine. Additionally, it transliterates and translates 352 prescriptions designed to cure psychological and physical ailments thought to be caused by ghosts.
Magic and Divination in the Ancient World
Title | Magic and Divination in the Ancient World PDF eBook |
Author | Leda Ciraolo |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2021-10-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9004497366 |
This collection of essays focuses on divination across the Ancient World from early Mesopotamia to late antiquity. The authors deal with the forms, theory and poetics of this important and still poorly understood ancient phenomenon.
Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine
Title | Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | JoAnn Scurlock |
Publisher | Society of Biblical Lit |
Pages | 785 |
Release | 2014-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1589839714 |
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" html meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type" body An introductory guide for scholars and students of the ancient Near East and the history of medicine In this collection JoAnn Scurlock assembles and translates medical texts that provided instructions for ancient doctors and pharmacists. Scurlock unpacks the difficult, technical vocabulary that describes signs and symptoms as well as procedures and plants used in treatments. This fascinating material shines light on the development of medicine in the ancient Near East, yet these tablets were essentially inaccessible to anyone without an expertise in cuneiform. Scurlock’s work fills this gap by providing a key resource for teaching and research. Features: Accessible translations and transliterations for both specialists and non-specialists Texts include a range of historical periods and regions Therapeutic, pharmacological, and diagnostic texts
The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Radner |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 838 |
Release | 2011-09-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019161761X |
The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates
Title | Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates PDF eBook |
Author | Annie Attia |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2009-09-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9047441117 |
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
Ancient Babylonian Medicine
Title | Ancient Babylonian Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Markham J. Geller |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2015-07-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1119062543 |
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. 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
Ancient Medicine
Title | Ancient Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Laura M. Zucconi |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2019-08-13 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1467457515 |
This book by Laura Zucconi is an accessible introductory text to the practice and theory of medicine in the ancient world. In contrast to other works that focus heavily on Greece and Rome, Zucconi’s Ancient Medicine covers a broader geographical and chronological range. The world of medicine in antiquity consisted of a lot more than Hippocrates and Galen. Zucconi applies historical and anthropological methods to examine the medical cultures of not only Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome but also the Levant, the Anatolian Peninsula, and the Iranian Plateau. Devoting special attention to the fundamental relationship between medicine and theology, Zucconi’s one-volume introduction brings the physicians, patients, procedures, medicines, and ideas of the past to light.