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
edited by Annie Attia and Gilles Buisson, with the collaboration of Markham J. Geller
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Biographical note
Annie Attia and Gilles Buisson are cofounders of Le Journal des Médecines Cunéiformes, which made its debut in 2003. Together they have worked on Akkadian medical literature both as authors and as editors of the journal. They also maintain their own medical practices.
Readership
All those interested in Assyriology, as well as ancient Near East and Greek medicine
Table of contents
Introduction: “Oeilmalade etmauvais oeil”; Markham J. Geller
The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-ˇsa-Marduk. Another Look at Physicians and Exorcists in the Ancient Near East; Nils P. Heeßel
“To be ill” in Akkadian:The Verb Sal¯a’u and the Substantive Sili’tu; Marten Stol
Some Notes on Medical Information outside the Medical Corpora; MartinWorthington
Cuneiform Tablets on Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources in Relation to the Series diˇs na igiII-ˇsú gig; Jeanette C. Fincke
On Medical Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia; Barbara Böck
L’ancienneté de lamédecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan; Paul Demont
The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-ˇsa-Marduk. Another Look at Physicians and Exorcists in the Ancient Near East; Nils P. Heeßel
“To be ill” in Akkadian:The Verb Sal¯a’u and the Substantive Sili’tu; Marten Stol
Some Notes on Medical Information outside the Medical Corpora; MartinWorthington
Cuneiform Tablets on Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources in Relation to the Series diˇs na igiII-ˇsú gig; Jeanette C. Fincke
On Medical Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia; Barbara Böck
L’ancienneté de lamédecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan; Paul Demont
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