From the enactments of the code we gather that the medical profession must have been in a highly organized state, for not only was practice regulated in detail, but a scale of fees was laid down, and penalties exacted for malpraxis.

Operations were performed, and the veterinary art was recognized.

An interesting feature, from which it is lucky that we have in these days escaped, is the application of the "lex talionis"-- an eye for an eye, bone for a bone, and tooth for a tooth, which is a striking feature of the code.
Some of the laws of the code may be quoted: Paragraph 215.

If a doctor has treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a bronze lances and has cured the man, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with the bronze lances and has cured the eye of the gentleman, he shall take ten shekels of silver.
218.

If the doctor has treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a lances of bronze and has caused the gentleman to die, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman and has caused the loss of the gentleman's eye, one shall cut off his hands.
219.