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Islamic Medicine

By Manfred Ullmann

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0748609075, 9780748609079
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5529219 bytes)
Series
The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys 11
Pages
136\160
Time added
2021-07-27 10:14:13

Description

This highly readable survey describes the development of Islamic medicine and its influence on Western medical thought. It explains the main features of Islamic medicine: its system of human physiology; its ideas about the nature of disease; its rules for diet and the use of drugs; and its relationship with astrology and the occult.

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