<diacritize> The book The Epic of Medicine , edited by Dr . Felix Marti - Ibanez , says : To fight disease . . . , the Mesopotamians resorted to a medico - religious medicine , since they believed that disease was their punishment by the gods . <yor>The book The Epic of Medicine , edited by Dr . Felix Marti - Ibañez , says : To fight disease . . . , the Mesopotamians resorted to a medico - religious medicine , since they believed that disease was their punishment by the gods . 