Islamic Medicine (Islamic Surveys, Number 11)

Type

Book

Authors

Manfred Ullmann

ISBN 10

0748609075

ISBN 13

9780748609079

Tags

Islam, History

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. - from Amzon

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