Maul S M
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
Stud Anc Med. 2004;27:79-95.
With the aid of the seventh century BC 'special library' of an exorcist, found in Ashur, it can be demonstrated that an exorcist (asipu) was not only entrusted with magico-religious treatments, but also with seemingly rational medical therapies. Using the example of instructions for the treatment of a disease called mămĭtu ('curse'), the Assyro-Babylonian concept of the cause and effect of a disease (which is tied to the Mesopotamian world view) shall be set forth and it will be shown that the 'magico-religious' and 'medical' therapy are merely constituting two phases of treatment which are based on the same common imagination of illness and healing.
借助于在亚述发现的公元前7世纪一位驱魔师的“特殊图书馆”，可以证明驱魔师（阿西普）不仅被赋予了魔法宗教治疗的职责，还被赋予了看似理性的医学治疗职责。以治疗一种名为“玛米图”（“诅咒”）疾病的说明为例，将阐述亚述 - 巴比伦人关于疾病因果关系的概念（这与美索不达米亚的世界观相关），并表明“魔法宗教”和“医学”治疗仅仅构成了基于对疾病和治愈的相同共同想象的两个治疗阶段。
