HISTORY OF BABYLONIAN MEDICINE BRIEF HISTORY OF BABYLONIAN
HISTORY OF BABYLONIAN MEDICINE
BRIEF HISTORY OF BABYLONIAN DYNASTY �Babylonia was a civilization in Lower Mesopotamia , with Babylon as its capital. �Babylonia adopted the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use. �Amorite dynasties was established in the city-state of Babylon, which would ultimately take over the others and form the first Babylonian empire, during what is also called the Old Babylonian Period.
BABYLONIAN MEDICINE
INTRODUCTION �The oldest Babylonian texts on medicine date back to the First Babylonian Dynasty in the first half of the 2 nd millennium BC. �The most extensive Babylonian medical text, however, is the Diagnostic Handbook written by the physician Esagil-kin-apli of Borsippa, during the reign of the Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina (10691046 BC).
THE METHODS INTRODUCED BY BABYLOIANS �Next to the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Babylonians introduced concepts used today which are seen in the modern world. �They are known by their names of diagnosis, prognosis, physical examination, and prescription.
Babylonian Diagnosis Handbook �The ancient Babylonian Diagnosis Handbook gave a text which list medical symptoms detailed by careful observations along with logical rules in combining pragmatic symptoms on the body of a patient with its diagnosis and prognosis. � The disease of a patient then was usually treated with an assortment of pills, creams and bandages depending on which type of recorded disease.
SPREAD OF BABYLONIAN MEDICINE �The ancient Babylonian Diagnosis Handbook was established on a commonsensical set of axioms and assumptions. �And it is because of this, it has gone on to influence the view and ways of medical procedure around the world.
THANK YOU By. Prajwal S. Shetty Group- 2
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