Medieval Islamic Medicine /
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 the story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting caliphs, kings, courtiers, co...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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Colección: | The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on general format, dates, and transliteration
- Figures acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The emergence of Islamic medicine
- 2 Medical theory
- 3 Physicians and society
- 4 Practice
- 5 Popular medicine
- 6 Afterlife
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Chronology
- Index of names and works
- General index