Near Eastern medical traditions

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Near Eastern medical traditions comprise the diverse healing practices, theories, and pharmacological knowledge developed in ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Persian, and related cultures that significantly shaped later Greco-Roman and Hellenistic medicine.

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instanceOf cultural heritage
historical tradition
medical tradition
associatedWithDeity Gula NERFINISHED
Imhotep NERFINISHED
Isis NERFINISHED
Ninisina NERFINISHED
hasComponent Egyptian medicine
Hittite medical practices
Mesopotamian medicine NERFINISHED
Persian medicine NERFINISHED
Syriac medical tradition
hasConcept demonic causation of disease
divine causation of disease
humoral balance
prognosis based on symptoms
hasGeographicScope Ancient Near East NERFINISHED
hasSource Achaemenid medical texts NERFINISHED
Assyrian medical tablets
Diagnostic Handbook of Esagil-kin-apli NERFINISHED
Ebers Papyrus NERFINISHED
Edwin Smith Papyrus NERFINISHED
Kahun Gynecological Papyrus NERFINISHED
includesRegion Anatolia NERFINISHED
Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED
Ancient Persia NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
influenced Greco-Roman medicine
Hellenistic medicine
Islamic medicine
medieval European medicine
timePeriod Achaemenid period NERFINISHED
Bronze Age
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Iron Age
transmittedVia Arabic translations
Greek translations
Syriac translations
treatsCondition dental problems
eye diseases
fevers
gynecological disorders
wounds
usesMedium cuneiform tablets
papyrus scrolls
parchment manuscripts
usesMethod diagnostic handbooks
empirical observation
incantations
pharmacology
ritual healing
surgical procedures
usesSubstance animal-derived remedies
herbal remedies
mineral drugs

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Hellenistic medicine hasInfluenceFrom Near Eastern medical traditions