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Medieval Islamic Medicine
Pormann Peter E.
Savage-Smith Emilie
edizioni Georgetown Univ Pr collana Georgetown Univ Pr (Paperback) , 2007
To ignore Islamic medicine from 650 to 1500 AD is tantamount to ignore the advance of medicine in general. Although practice was not necessarily perfect, Islamic physicians were far ahead of their counterparts in the West in the development of theories and techniques. As a result Islamic physicians were called upon...
Medieval Islamic Medicine
Pormann Peter E.
Savage-Smith Emilie
edizioni Georgetown Univ Pr collana Georgetown Univ Pr (Hardcover) , 2007
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...