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.
- ISBN:
- 9780748609079
- 9780748609079
-
Category:
- History of medicine
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
11-02-1997
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 136
- Dimensions (mm):
- 216x138x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.21kg
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