Bloodletting in Babylonia Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21746988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M J Geller (0000-0002-2987-0603, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-96 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aestimatio Sources and Studies in the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1549-4470 • E-ISSN: 1549-4489 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/aestimatio.v3i1.41811 |
| OpenAlex | W4387235427 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
The question of bloodletting in Babylonia (and surgery in general) has hardly been studied, since evidence is sparse, while at the same time bloodletting in the Babylonian Talmud has been assumed to have been employed, although based upon questionable medieval interpretations of vague and doubtful terminology. However, when descriptions from cuneiform medicine are combined with evidence from Aramaic sources, a somewhat clearer picture emerges of a possible limited use of a bloodletting procedure in Babylonia, in both earlier and later periods
Alternative medicine · Art · Bloodletting · Linguistics · Literature · Terminology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Leech Biology and Applications · Medicine · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |