Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts The Nineveh Treatise
Geller, Markham J.
Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts The Nineveh Treatise - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (454 p.) - Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen Band 10 .
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This volume is the first English edition of the Nineveh Series on eye disease from the royal library of Ashurbanipal, 7th century BCE. It is the longest surviving ancient work on opthalmology, anticipating by centuries the Hippocratic treatise on the eye. The Nineveh series represents a systematic array of eye symptoms and therapies, also showing commonalities with Egyptian and Greco-Roman medicine.
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English
9781501506550
10.1515/9781501506550 doi
Ancient religions & mythologies
Biblical studies & exegesis
History of medicine
Middle Eastern history
Cuneiform medicine eye disease Mesopotamian therapy opthalmology
Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts The Nineveh Treatise - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (454 p.) - Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen Band 10 .
Open Access
This volume is the first English edition of the Nineveh Series on eye disease from the royal library of Ashurbanipal, 7th century BCE. It is the longest surviving ancient work on opthalmology, anticipating by centuries the Hippocratic treatise on the eye. The Nineveh series represents a systematic array of eye symptoms and therapies, also showing commonalities with Egyptian and Greco-Roman medicine.
Creative Commons
English
9781501506550
10.1515/9781501506550 doi
Ancient religions & mythologies
Biblical studies & exegesis
History of medicine
Middle Eastern history
Cuneiform medicine eye disease Mesopotamian therapy opthalmology