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.

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9789004178762

9789047441113

9781282950733

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Attia, Annie.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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1 online resource (xix, 161 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Cuneiform monographs, v. 37

Contents:

Introduction: "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil" / Babylonian physician Rabâ-ša-Marduk. Another look at physicians and exorcists in the Ancient Near East / "To be ill" in Akkadian: the verb salā'u and the substantive sili'tu / Some notes on medical information outside the medical corpora / Cuneiform tablets on eye diseases: Babylonian sources in relation to the series DIŠ NA IGI"-šú GIG / On medical technology in Ancient Mesopotamia / Ancienneté de la médecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan

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Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian -- Congresses.

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

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2009

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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This volume, which originated with a conference at the Coll ge 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 B ck, Paul Demont, Jean-Marie Durand,
Jeanette C. Fincke, Markham J. Geller, Nils. P. Hee el, Marten Stol, Martin Worthington

Author Notes

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.

Jean-Marie DurandMarkham J. GellerMis P. HeeßelMarten StolMartin WorthingtonJeanette C. FinckeBarbara BöckPaul Demont

Avant-propos	p. VII
Abbreviations	p. XI
List of Contributors	p. XXI
Introduction: "Oeil malade et mauvais oeil"	p. 1
The Babylonian Physician Rabâ-Üa-Marduk. Another Look at Physicians and Exorcists in the Ancient Near East	p. 13
"To be ill" in Akkadian: The Verb Sal?'u and the Substantive Sili'tu	p. 29
Some Notes on Medical Information outside the Medical Corpora	p. 47
Cuneiform Tablets on Eye Diseases: Babylonian Sources in Relation to the Series DIÜ NA IGI II -Üú GIG	p. 79
On Medical Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia	p. 105
L'ancienneté de la médecine hippocratique: un essai de bilan	p. 129
Indices
Source Index	p. 151
Akkadian and Sumerian Words Treated	p. 157
General Index	p. 159

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