title: An Assyriologist reads Hippocrates.
abstract: Comparing Babylonian and Greek medicine has been done in a book by Goltz (1974). She found fifteen similarities and almost none can stand criticism. New (dis)similarities, some certain, others uncertain, are pointed out here. They are found in the oldest layer in the Corpus Hippocraticum, De morbis 2.12-75; supposedly 'Cnidian opinions'. A good example is a method of draining pus from the chest that is also found in Babylonia.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stol
mesh_terms: D018643:Arab World / Q000266:history*; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*