Geller M J, Cohen S L
Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College, London, England, United Kingdom.
Kidney Int. 1995 Jun;47(6):1811-5. doi: 10.1038/ki.1995.250.
The large corpus of Babylonian medical texts is much less known to medical history than the contemporary medical papyri from Egypt, but offer a rich new source of information regarding ancient diagnosis and treatment of disease. The Babylonian physicians systematically noted systems related to kidney and urinary tract diseases. Pharmacological prescriptions tended to consist of plant and mineral substances administered either orally in drinks, or were inserted directly into the urethra through a tube.
巴比伦医学文献的大量文本在医学史上远不如同时期的埃及医学纸莎草文献那么知名，但它们为古代疾病的诊断和治疗提供了丰富的新信息来源。巴比伦医生系统地记录了与肾脏和泌尿系统疾病相关的情况。药理学处方往往由植物和矿物质组成，要么制成饮料口服，要么通过管子直接插入尿道。
