Rheumatic fever - Treatment. 1  The management of rheumatic fever is geared toward the reduction of inflammation with anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin or corticosteroids. 2  Aspirin is the drug of choice and should be given at high doses. 3  One should watch for side effects like gastritis and salicylate poisoning.
So begins the Law Code of Hammurabi, a list of nearly 300 laws etched into a two and one-half meter high black diorite pillar, discovered in 1902 but dating back to the time of Hammurabi himself (1792-1750 B.C.E).
The Code of Ur-Nammu (c. 2100-2050 BCE), which originated with either Ur-Nammu or his son Shulgi of Ur, is the oldest code of laws in the world. Hammurabiâs code differed from the earlier laws in significant ways. The historian Kriwaczek explains this, writing : Hammurabiâs laws reflect the shock of an unprecedented social environment: the multi-ethnic, multi-tribal Babylonian world.