1. Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia

2. Dr. Walter Farber Professor of Assyriology
Oriental Institute & Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations – University of Chicago (1980)
Academic Background:
Ph.D, University of Tübingen, 1973
Dr. Phil. Habil, University of Munich, 1979
Special Interests: Akkadian Language, Akkadian Literature, Mesopotamian Religion, Magic, and Medicine
Member: Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD), and co-editor Mesopotamian Civilizations

3. Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity
The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia
Walter Farber

8. Oriental Institute Mesopotamian Gallery

9. Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia Sources

16. Pazuzu

17. The Code of Hammurapi

23. Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia Diseases: Diagnostics and Conceptualization

25. Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia Diseases: Diagnostics and Conceptualization

26. Pazuzu
Lamashtu

28. Diseases and Medicine in Ancient Babylonia Healing Approaches

29. Gula, the goddess of healing, and her dog

30. The Gula Temple in Nippur

35. Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia

44. The End