Medieval Islamic Medicine
$77.82
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2007
Summary
The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. It is a story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting many people from kings to the common crowd. This tradition formed the roots from which modern Western medicine arose. Contrary to the stereotypical picture, medieval Islamic medicine was not simply a conduit for Greek ideas, but…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781589011618 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1589011619 |
| Author: | Peter E. Pormann, Emilie Savage-Smith |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2007 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
Without question, this volume can be considered the best and most critical introduction to the field and a guide for future research… Anyone interested in the history of Islamic science will find this a useful book to own. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences The authors take a fresh approach and offer imaginative conclusions. ISIS
About The Author
Peter E. Pormann
Peter E. Pormann is a Wellcome Trust Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of The Oriental Tradition of Paul of Aegina’s ‘Pragmateia’ and Al-Kindi’s Philosophical Works. Emilie Savage-Smith is professor of the History of Islamic Science at the Oriental Institute and a senior research fellow of St. Cross College, both at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Magic and Divination in Early Islam and Science, Tools, and Magic.
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