Scurlock JoAnn. Magico-Medical Means of Treating Ghost-Induced Illness in Ancient Mesopotamia

Brill Academic Pub., 2006 - 800 p.This work explores the interaction between magic and medicine in ancient Mesopotamia, as applied specifically to ghosts. Included is a discussion of sin and natural causes in Mesopotamian medicine.Additionally, it transliterates and translates from Assyrian 352 prescriptions designed to cure psychological and physical ailments thought to be caused by ghosts, which takes about 500 p.