Gastrointestinal Disease and Its Treatment in Ancient Mesopotamia

The Nineveh Treatise
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5015-1526-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Multiple languages, Undetermined, Band Band 11, 281 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 944 g

Reihe: Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen

Babylonian medicine is the most important corpus of ancient medicine prior to the Greeks. This volume provides a comprehensive picture of how gasrtrointestinal illness, jaundice and related fevers, as well as diarrhea were treated in ancient Mesopotamia. The editions include transliterations, straightforward translations and essential commentary, and are divided into three main sections: the standard corpus for the treatment of gastrointestinal illness in Royal Library in Nineveh (otherwise known as the sualu subcorpus), the related group of texts that attribute intestinal disturbances to malevolent ghosts and a third group of texts focused on diarrhea. In addition to the standard compendia, isolated precursor texts, which were incorporated into these compendia, are included here in appendices. This volume provides an overarching picture of the entire field of gastrointestinal illnesses and related conditions in ancient Mesopotamia.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Ancient History, History of Science, Hist

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, J Cale

Simkó, Krisztián

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

J. Cale Johnson, Freie Universität Berlin, and Krisztian Simko, British Museum, London.

J. Cale Johnson, Freie Universität Berlin, and Krisztian Simko, British Museum, London.