Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice

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
  

Keywords: Babylon, Babylonian Medicine, Ancient medicine