Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian medicine : ancient sources, translations, and modern medical analyses /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Akkadian |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780252092381 0252092384 1283991675 9781283991674 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Concordance of Sigla""; ""Translator's Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Ancient Mesopotamian Context""; ""2. General Health and Public Health Practices""; ""3. Infectious Diseases""; ""4. Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs)""; ""5. Genitourinary Tract Diseases""; ""6. Gastrointestinal Diseases""; ""7. Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases""; ""8. Heart, Circulatory System, and Lungs""; ""9. Eyes, Ears, and Nose""; ""10. Skin and Hair""; ""11. Bones and Joints""; ""12. Obstetrics and Gynecology""; ""13. Neurology""
- ""14. Trauma and Shock""""15. Poisons""; ""16. Mental Illness""; ""17. Pediatrics""; ""18. Dental and Oral Diseases""; ""19. Ancient Etiologies: The Naming of Disease Patterns""; ""20. Prognostics""; ""Conclusion""; ""Unsolved Puzzles Appendix""; ""Chart Showing the Arrangement of Entries""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""