Scurlock, Jo Ann, 1953-

Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian medicine : ancient sources, translations, and modern medical analyses / translated, and with commentary by JoAnn Scurlock, Burton R. Andersen. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

""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""



9780252092381

2019718626


Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Diagnosis.
History, Ancient
Diagnosis


Electronic Books.

R135 / .D534 2005