Sourcebook For Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine

Author : JoAnn Scurlock
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589839717

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Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine by JoAnn Scurlock Pdf

!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

Author : Jo Ann Scurlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian
ISBN : OCLC:930488288

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Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine by Jo Ann Scurlock Pdf

Author : Annie Attia,Gilles Buisson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047441113

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Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates by Annie Attia,Gilles Buisson Pdf

This volume, which originated with a conference at the Collège de France, comprises articles on Babylonian and Assyrian medicine.

Author : Strahil V. Panayotov,Luděk Vacín
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004368088

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Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic by Strahil V. Panayotov,Luděk Vacín Pdf

Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic. Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller offers 34 brand-new text editions and analytical studies concerned with diverse healing traditions and practices in Ancient Western Asia.

Author : JoAnn Scurlock
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9789047404170

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Magico-Medical Means of Treating Ghost-Induced Illnesses in Ancient Mesopotamia by JoAnn Scurlock Pdf

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.

Author : Jo Ann Scurlock,Burton Andersen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252092381

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Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine by Jo Ann Scurlock,Burton Andersen Pdf

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. The collaboration of medical expert Burton R. Andersen and cuneiformist JoAnn Scurlock makes it finally possible to survey this collected corpus and discern magic from experimental medicine in Ashur, Babylon, and Nineveh. Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine is the first systematic study of all the available texts, which together reveal a level of medical knowledge not matched again until the nineteenth century A.D. Over the course of a millennium, these nations were able to develop tests, prepare drugs, and encourage public sanitation. Their careful observation and recording of data resulted in a description of symptoms so precise as to enable modern identification of numerous diseases and afflictions.

Author : John Z Wee
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004417533

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Knowledge and Rhetoric in Medical Commentary by John Z Wee Pdf

Knowledge and Rhetoric in Medical Commentary explores the dynamic between scholastic rhetoric and medical knowledge in ancient commentaries on a Mesopotamian Diagnostic Handbook, whose atypical language and ideas were harmonized with conventional ways of perceiving and describing the sick body.

Author : John Z Wee
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004356771

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The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine by John Z Wee Pdf

The Comparable Body - Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine explores how analogy and metaphor illuminate and shape conceptions about the human body and disease, through 11 case studies from ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman medicine.

Author : Troels Pank Arbøll
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789004436084

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Medicine in Ancient Assur by Troels Pank Arbøll Pdf

In Medicine in Ancient Assur Troels Pank Arbøll offers a microhistorical study of a single exorcist named Kiṣir-Aššur who practiced medical and magical healing in the ancient city of Assur (modern northern Iraq) in the 7th century BCE. The book provides the first detailed analysis of a healer’s education and practice in ancient Mesopotamia based on at least 73 texts assigned to specific stages of his career. By drawing on a microhistorical framework, the study aims at significantly improving our understanding of the functional aspects of texts in their specialist environment. Furthermore, the work situates Kiṣir-Aššur as one of the earliest healers in world history for whom we have such details pertaining to his career originating from his own time.

Author : Gioele Zisa
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110757262

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The Loss of Male Sexual Desire in Ancient Mesopotamia by Gioele Zisa Pdf

After more than fifty years since the last publication, the cuneiform texts relating to the treatment of the loss of male sexual desire and vigor in Mesopotamia are collected in this volume. The aim of the book is to present Mesopotamian medical tradition regarding the so-called nīš libbi therapies. šà-zi-ga in Sumerian, nīš libbi in Akkadian, lit. "raising of the 'heart'", is the expression used to indicate a group of texts intended to recover the male sexual desire. This medical tradition is preserved from the Middle Babylonian period to the Achaemenid one. This broad range testifies to the importance of the transmission of this material throughout Mesopotamian history. The book provides the edition of this textual corpus and analyzes it in the light of new knowledge on ancient Near Eastern medicine. Moreover, this volume aims to show how theories and methodologies of Cultural Anthropology, Ethnopsychiatry and Gender Studies are useful for understanding the Mesopotamian medical system. This edition is an important tool for understanding Mesopotamian medical knowledge for Assyriologist, however since the texts have been translated and discussed using the anthropological and gender perspectives they are accessible also to scholars of other research fields, such as History of Medicine, Sexuality and Gender.

Author : Shiyanthi Thavapalan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004415416

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The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia by Shiyanthi Thavapalan Pdf

"In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception that people in Mesopotamia had a limited sense of color and convincingly positions the development of Akkadian color language as a corollary of the history of materials and techniques in the ancient Near East"--

Author : Scott Jackson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000644012

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Skin Disease and the History of Dermatology by Scott Jackson Pdf

This text is both a history of skin disease and a history of dermatology, telling the human historical experience of skin disease and how we have come to know what we know about the skin and its myriad diseases over the course of four millennia, looking at key figures in life and literature and key events such as the Black Death and the eradication of smallpox. *Examines how the history of skin disease fits into the larger picture of the history of each age *Provides dermatological insight into major events and personalities from history *Offers a unique perspective on the history of each age

Author : Edwin M. Yamauchi,Marvin R. Wilson
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781619709362

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Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity: Medicine & Physicians by Edwin M. Yamauchi,Marvin R. Wilson Pdf

This unique reference article, excerpted from the larger work (Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity), provides background cultural and technical information on the world of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament from 2000 BC to approximately AD 600. Written and edited by a world-class historian and a highly respected biblical scholar, each article addresses cultural, technical, and/or sociological issues of interest to the study of the Scriptures. Contains a high level of scholarship. Information and concepts are explained in detail and are accompanied by bibliographic material for further exploration. Useful for scholars, pastors, teachers, and students—for biblical study, exegesis, or sermon preparation. Possible areas covered include details of domestic life, technology, culture, laws, or religious practices. Each article ranges from 5 to 20 pages in length. For the complete contents of Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity, see ISBN 9781619708617 (4-volume set) or ISBN 9781619701458 (complete in one volume).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150151525X

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WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ulrike Steinert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501504877

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Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues by Ulrike Steinert Pdf

The reconstruction of ancient Mesopotamian medical, ritual and omen compendia and their complex history is still characterised by many difficulties, debates and gaps due to fragmentary or unpublished evidence. This book offers the first complete edition of the Assur Medical Catalogue, an 8th or 7th century BCE list of therapeutic texts, which forms a core witness for the serialisation of medical compendia in the 1st millennium BCE. The volume presents detailed analyses of this and several other related catalogues of omen series and rituals, constituting the corpora of divination and healing disciplines. The contributions discuss links between catalogues and textual sources, providing new insights into the development of compendia between serialization, standardization and diversity of local traditions. Though its a novel corpus-based approach, this volume revolutionizes the current understanding of Mesopotamian medical texts and the healing disciplines of "conjurer" and "physician". The research presented here allows one to identify core text corpora for these disciplines, as well as areas of exchange and borrowings between them.