title: "When you perform the ritual of 'rubbing'": on medicine and magic in Ancient Mesopotamia.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Böck
mesh_terms: D018436:Ancient Lands; D019341:Aromatherapy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D002399:Catharsis; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D006261:Headache / Q000266:history; D049690:History, Ancient; D007493:Iraq; D008273:Magic / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history; D010243:Paralysis / Q000266:history / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000266:history