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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Ancient Babylonian medicine: Theory and practice.

Publication Details

Chichester, West Sussex, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 CE.

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, and assigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#7082
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9249
Author Bio Linkworldcat.org/identities ↗
External URLancient-babylonian-medicine-theory-and-practice

Geographic Context

Publication place: Chichester, West Sussex, England