Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts: The Nineveh Treatise

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 a...

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Authors: Geller, Markham J. (Author) ; Panayotov, Strahil V. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
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Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen
Further subjects:B History of Medicine
B Biblical studies & exegesis
B Middle Eastern history
B Ancient religions & mythologies
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary: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
ISBN:1501506552
Access:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 20.500.12854/63613