Synopses & Reviews
Islamic medicine plays a much greater part in Western intellectual and scientific heritage than most people realize. In this fascinating glimpse into the distinctive character of Islamic medicine, Manfred Ullmann describes its development and its movement into Europe, and explains many of its primary concepts.
Medical Conditions in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in the Umayyad Period
The Age of Translation
Survey of the History of Arabic Medicine
Physiology and Anatomy
Pathology
The Transmissibility of Illnesses and the Plague
Dietetics and Pharmaceutics
Medicine and the Occult
Synopsis
This highly readable survey describes the development of Islamic medicine and its influence on Western medical thought.
Synopsis
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.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-130) and index.