Imperial Court Medicine

Japanese: 宮廷医学 - きゅうていいがく
Imperial Court Medicine

...However, the role of medicine was primarily to meet the medical needs of the ruling class, and great rulers sometimes responded to the medical needs of the general public as well, in order to demonstrate their charity and ability under the protection of God. In other words, medicine in ancient states was court medicine, and maintained its position by wrapping experience in a mysterious cloak.
[Mesopotamian Medicine]
The ancient Mesopotamian states all had deep ties to polytheism.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "court medicine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただし,医療の任務は,支配階級の医療要求にこたえることを主とし,偉大なる支配者が,神の庇護のもとにおこなう慈善と,その能力を示すために,ときに一般国民の医療要求にもこたえた。すなわち,古代国家における医学は宮廷医学であり,経験を神秘的な衣で包むことによって,その位置を保った。
[メソポタミアの医学]
 メソポタミアの古代国家はいずれも多神教と深く結びついている。…

※「宮廷医学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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