This book describes medieval Islamic medicine and to explore a specific medical text, On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt by ‘Ali ibn Ridwan (A.D. 998 – 1068). It seeks to answer the following questions: What did it mean to be a doctor in medieval Islamic society? What was the nature of the medicine that physicians practiced? And what was the relationship between physician and patient?
This book describes medieval Islamic medicine and to explore a specific medical text, On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt by ‘Ali ibn Ridwan (A.D. 998 – 1068). It seeks to answer the following questions: What did it mean to be a doctor in medieval I
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Michael W. Dols was Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Hayward.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 268 ● ISBN 9780520350953 ● File size 17.7 MB ● Editor Adil S. Gamal ● Translator Michael W. Dols ● Publisher University of California Press ● Published 2023 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9229914 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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