A group of 2,700-year-old texts written on clay tablets by Kisir-Ashur, a medical student who lived in the Neo-Assyrian Empire at the end of the 600s BCE, reveal a lot about ancient Mesopotamian medical training, and medical theory. Kisir-Ashur described how in the earlier stages of his education, he his skills on animals, then progressed to treating babies, and then finally adults. Disease was thought to have been caused by sinful or objectionable behavior by the sick person, or the result of witchcraft performed against the sick person. After the power that caused the disease was identified, it was treated with medical agents, incantations, prayers, and rituals, as well as plant-based medical treatments.
Interestingly, economic and social problems were also treated by Neo-Assyrian doctors. They were thought to be caused by the same things as physical illness: bad behavior or a curse.
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