Mysteries of the Babylonian Medicine (Second edition) - VERSADOCO

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For a long, long time, historians hesitated to acknowledge Ancient Babylon as a significant contributor to the history of medicine, assuming it lacked a true medical practice. Magic and primitive rituals were thought to be the core of healing among Babylonian physicians. However, recent studies of Babylonian texts have compellingly revealed that medicine not only thrived in Ancient Babylon but also reached a relatively advanced stage. Unraveling this medical legacy is challenging due to the encryption of knowledge by these doctors, leaving the origins of the profound expertise of the ancient Babylonian Ashu doctors shrouded in mystery.

#Babylon #Medicine #BabMed #AncientMedicine #history #MarkGeller #Sumer #Mashmashu #Asu

Timestamps:
00:00 - The Gate of the Gods
02:37 - Trial-and-error?
04:41 - Sumerian legacy
06:03 - Medicine & magic
07:25 - Psychological aspects
09:46 - Asu & Mashmashu
11:11 - Tablet’s difference
11:42 - Theory of healing
14:23 - Practical treatment methods
18:10 - Technical vocabulary
21:31 - Medical literature
24:14 - Who did what?
25:13 - Exorcists
26:59 - ‘Filth-Pharmacy’ cipher
30:59 - Secular medicine
32:46 - Nippur medical instructions
34:23 - Copy paste
36:13 - Common source discovery
37:17 - Apkallu legacy
43:27 - As above so below



Sources:
“Ancient Babylonian Medicine”, by Markham J. Geller - https://archive.org/details/AncientBa...
https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Babylo...

BabMed - Babylonian Medicine project - https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en...

Winged genie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_...