Ancient Cultures

Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. • Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholars • Attempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related • Assigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous • Rejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses