Geller, Markham;
(2021)
Alternative voices in Babylonian Medicine.
Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural
, 20
pp. 1-25.
10.35305/cl.vi20.65.
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Abstract
The usual approach to Babylonian medical writings is to assume a monolithic corpus of data presented in either recipes, lists of drugs, or collections of symptoms for prognosis and diagnosis. Despite the lengthy period of documentation of Babylonian medicine, no attempt has been made to view the acquisition of Akkadian medical knowledge as a dynamic process, which also needed to adapt to changing expectations. The present paper will survey Babylonian medicine while seeking out the cacophony of different voices, ending with the intriguing question: who controls the narrative?
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Alternative voices in Babylonian Medicine |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.35305/cl.vi20.65 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.35305/cl.vi20.65 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. |
| Keywords: | Babylonian medicine, Diagnostic Handbook, witchcraft, 'hand' (of gods, demons, ghosts), medical incantations |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144838 |
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