Chapter Some Remarks on Babylonian Pharmacology

• Main Author: Geller, Markham J. (auth)
• Other Authors: Lehmhaus, Lennart (Editor), Martelli, Matteo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2017
• Subjects: Judaism; History of science; Intercultural history of knowledge and science; Late Antique pharmacology/ pharmacotherapy; Talmudic Medicine; Greek medical encyclopedias
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This volume brings together contributions covering different periods of the history of ancient pharmacology and medical writing, from Greek, Byzantine, and Syriac medicine to the Rabbinic-Talmudic medical discourses. It highlights the overwhelming mass of information about drugs and remedies in clas...