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Epilepsy in Babylonia (Cuneiform Monographs)

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Description:Stol's comprehensive exploration of the Babylonians' conception and treatment of epilepsy adds a new chapter to the history of this ancient disease. The author presents the sources, examines the terminology and places epilepsy in context among kindred illnesses. A full edition (transliteration, translation, commentary and cuneiform copy) of the relevant parts of the Diagnostic Handbook is included. According to the Ancients, epileptics are 'struck by the moon'. An examination of the relationship between epilepsy and the moon yields surprising results. This volume deals with material that was unavailable to O. Temkin, author of the classic The Falling Sickness; A history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginning of modern neurology , (1971). It show that traditional views of the Ancient Near East lived on among the Greeks and Romans.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Epilepsy in Babylonia (Cuneiform Monographs). To get started finding Epilepsy in Babylonia (Cuneiform Monographs), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Stol's comprehensive exploration of the Babylonians' conception and treatment of epilepsy adds a new chapter to the history of this ancient disease. The author presents the sources, examines the terminology and places epilepsy in context among kindred illnesses. A full edition (transliteration, translation, commentary and cuneiform copy) of the relevant parts of the Diagnostic Handbook is included. According to the Ancients, epileptics are 'struck by the moon'. An examination of the relationship between epilepsy and the moon yields surprising results. This volume deals with material that was unavailable to O. Temkin, author of the classic The Falling Sickness; A history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginning of modern neurology , (1971). It show that traditional views of the Ancient Near East lived on among the Greeks and Romans.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Epilepsy in Babylonia (Cuneiform Monographs). To get started finding Epilepsy in Babylonia (Cuneiform Monographs), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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