General features about medicine in Mesopotamia civilization In light of cuneiform texts

Abstract

The civilization of Mesopotamia has given us many civilizational aspects that have been highlighted to us by archaeological finds that were discovered during archaeological excavations in the archeological solutions in various parts of Mesopotamia, as well as what important cuneiform writings contained about the life of Mesopotamia in its precise and general details, and through extrapolation of archeological models and review Cuneiform writings show us an important cultural element, which is medicine in Mesopotamia's civilization, because it contains important information about this profession that was practiced by Mesopotamia doctors.  Counting medicine in the thought and belief of Mesopotamia residents is one of the important things, and this importance is related to its direct link with human life. Therefore, doctors at that time and to the present time enjoyed a distinguished position and a distinct social level that distinguished them from their peers in the rest of professions and jobs.  This profession was initially associated with religion and the priest occupied the forefront in both psychological and physical medicine, then through intellectual accumulation, customs and traditions this profession developed little by little until the doctor became his own tools and treatments that were closely related to nature and its treasures, including plants. Natural medicine containing multiple diseases. Through the various cuneiform texts, we find that the ancient Iraqis carried out many surgeries and knew the issue of medical specialization and the method of spiritual and medicinal therapy, and in some cases they resorted to making certain mixtures of different materials in order to reach a specific composition used to treat special diseases, and to stand on this profession And matters related to this research, including the following topics: The first part: - Medicine in Mesopotamia civilization The second part: - Some diseases and their treatments The third part: - Medicinal drugs The forth part: The physician  in Mesopotamia civilization The fifth part: Medicine and law.