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).
But it is important to US for what it shows us of views and practice of justice in the ancient Near East. In popular thought the 18th century BC Code of Hammurabi (written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, the Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia) is regarded the oldest law code.