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Islamic medicine Manfred Ullmann

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Islamic surveysPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1978.Description: xiv, 138 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780748609079
Subject(s): DDC 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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection 610.917671 UL IS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Nov2018 T0061447

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 115-116.

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.

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