Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
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Ancient Diseases Case Reports

In ancient medical treatments also physicians maintained case reports in form of vast majority of the clay tablets and medical texts. One can appreciate thousands of tablets and approximately 800 complete medical texts attributable to the Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations. The earliest of these texts, likely safeguarded in Babylonian temples, date back to 2000 B.C. Here, “Asu” (physician healers) are noted and discussed in detail.