Advances in Mesopotamian medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates [electronic resource] : 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.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil", Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Attia, Annie.

Buisson, Gilles.

Geller, Markham J.

Conference Name:

International Conference "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil" (2006 : Collège de France, Paris)

International Conference "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil"

Series:

Cuneiform monographs ; 37.

Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian--Congresses.

Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, which originated with a conference at the Collège de France, comprises contributions by many of the leading researchers in Babylonian and Assyrian medicine. A wealth of topics are studied, including medical lexicography, prosopography, and technology, economic aspects of healing, and Mesopotamian influence on Greece. First-time editions of cuneiform medical tablets are presented. The volume will interest scholars in many branches of Assyriology, and also historians of Greek medicine. Contributors: Barbara Böck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand, Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Heeßel, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Attia and G. Buisson

Introduction: \'Oeilmalade Etmauvais Oeil\' / Markham J. Geller

The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-ša-Marduk. Another Look At Physicians And Exorcists In The Ancient Near East / Nils P. Heeßel

\'To be ill\' in Akkadian:The Verb Salā’u and the Substantive Sili’tu / Marten Stol

Some Notes On Medical Information Outside The Medical Corpora / Martin Worthington

Cuneiform Tablets On Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources In Relation To The Series DIŠ NA IGIII-ŠÚ GIG / Jeanette C. Fincke

On Medical Technology In Ancient Mesopotamia / Barbara Böck

L’Ancienneté de lamédecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan / Paul Demont

Source Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson

Akkadian And Sumerian Words Treated / A. Attia and G. Buisson

General Index / A. Attia and G. Buisson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-95073-8

9786612950735

90-474-4111-7

OCLC:

700297659

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004178762.i-162 DOI