Stol's comprehensive exploration of the Babylonians' conception and treatment of epilepsy adds a new chapter to the history of this ancient disease. The author

The present collection of articles on disease in Babylonia is the first such volume to appear providing detailed information derived from published and unpublis

Utilising material spanning 3000 years, this book examines childbirth in the Biblical and Babylonian world. Stol's scholarship has an extraordinary range. He fo

Examines what can be learnt about the brain mechanisms underlying religious practice from studying people with neurological disorders.

Although epilepsy is one of the nation's most common neurological disorders, public understanding of it is limited. Many people do not know the causes of epilep