Islamic medicine
By: Ullmann, Manfred
Material type:
BookSeries: Islamic surveysPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1978.Description: xiv, 138 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780748609079Subject(s): Medicine, ArabDDC classification: 610.917671 UL IS
Summary:
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.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 610.917671 UL IS (Browse shelf) | Available | Nov2018 | T0061447 |
Total holds: 0
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 115-116.
Medical conditions in pre-Islamic Arabia and in the Umayyad Period; the age of transition; survey of the history of Arabic medecine; physiology and anatomy; pathology; the transmissability of illnesses and the plague; dietetics and pharmaceutics; medecine and the occult.
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.