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Medical Practice In Ancient Babylonia

Medical Practice In Ancient Babylonia And Its Comparison To Traditional Chinese Medicine

The theoretical basis for Traditional Chinese Medicine was primarily established between about the fifth and third centuries B.C. Confucius was born around 551 B.C., the yinyang concepts arose during the fourth century B.C., and Tsou Yenwho initiated the medicine of systematic correspondencelived from 350 to 270 B.C. In contrast, the medicine of Babylonia arose somewhat earlier. Under the Amorites, the "Golden Age of Babylonia" began roughly around two millennia B.C. Although this era was short-lived, Nebuchadnezzar later tried to revive Babylonian culture. His effort faltered, however, following his death in 561 B.C. Like Traditional Chinese Medicine, Babylonian medicine was largely based on magic. In addition, both belief systems were intimately associated with religion. Since Babylonian culture generally had a great influence on its neighbors, it is possible that some of their ideas even spread as far as China.

The term, "Mesopotamia," is Greek for "the land between the rivers (Sigerist, 1955, p. 378)." This region comprises the geographic area between the Euphrates to the west and the Tigris in the east. Both rivers originate in the mountains of Turkey and flow southeast to the Persian Gulf. The course of the Tigris is shorter; whereas the Euphrateswhich carries more waterfollows a much more tortuous route. Near Baghdad, Iraq, the distance between the two rivers narrows. Then, upon subsequently separating again, the rivers merge at the Shatt elArab. This gives the region an hourglass shape, dividing it into Lower and Upper Mesopotamia. It was in Lower Mesopotamia, that Babylonian culture arose (Sigerist, 1955, p. 379).

Between about 10,000 to 4,000 B.C. humans advanced from food gatherers to food producers and mesolithic cultures were gradually succeeded by the beginnings of civilization. Perhaps one of t...

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