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Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity:
The Example of Ancient MesopotamiaThe Example of Ancient Mesopotamia
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Dr. Walter FarberDr. Walter Farber• Professor of Assyriology• Oriental Institute & Dept. of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations – University of Chicago (1980)
• Academic Background: – Ph.DPh.D, University of Tübingen, 1973– Dr. Phil. HabilDr. Phil. Habil, University of Munich, 1979
• Special Interests: Akkadian Language, Akkadian Literature, Mesopotamian Religion, Magic, and Medicine
• Member: Chicago Assyrian DictionaryChicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD), and co-editor Mesopotamian CivilizationsMesopotamian Civilizations
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Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity
The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia
Walter Farber
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Oriental Institute Mesopotamian Gallery
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Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia
Sources
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Pazuzu
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The Code of Hammurapi
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Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia
Diseases: Diagnostics and Conceptualization
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Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia
Diseases: Diagnostics and Conceptualization
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Lamashtu
Pazuzu
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Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia
Healing Approaches
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Gula, the goddess of healing, and her dog
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The Gula Temple in Nippur
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Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia
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The End