No area of Arab scholarship was as greatly influenced by the Ancient Greek heritage as medicine and the natural sciences. This volume contains selected essays by Manfred Ullmann, whose depth and clarity have made them essential reference points for scholarly debate about the key…
The emergence of Islamic medicine -- Medical theory -- Physicians and society -- Practice -- Popular medicine -- Afterlife.
For more than one thousand years Arab medicine held sway in the ancient world, from the shores of Spain in the West to China, India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in the East. This book explores the impact of Greek (as well as Indian and Persian) medical heritage on the evolution of Ara…
Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with the historical, philosophical and psychological concepts found in Islamic medical practices, and covers Islamic ideas on physiological, pathological, curative and preventative medicine. This was the first systematic study of I…
