Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine: Ancient Sources, Translations, and Modern Medical Analyses

by JoAnn Scurlock and Burton R. Andersen

To date, the pathbreaking medical contributions of the early Mesopotamians have been only vaguely understood. Due to the combined problems of an extinct language, gaps in the archeological record, the complexities of pharmacy and medicine, and the dispersion of ancient tablets throughout the museums of the world, it has been nearly impossible to get a clear and comprehensive view of what medicine was really like in ancient Mesopotamia.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252029569
• ISBN13: 9780252029561
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 3.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 7.5" x 10.2"