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MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC MEDICINE

PORMAN, PETER

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The authors weave a story about the medieval world (600-1500CE) and medieval medicine and bring their own research with the publicat ions of other scholars. The story takes the reader on a journey to the medieval centers of Islamic knowledge: Cairo, Alexandria, Dam ascus and Baghdad. The major cultures and religions, Moslems, Christians and Jews, ebb and flow across time and political boundaries . The two principal themes are the transmission and elaboration of the ancient medical texts of Galen and Hippocrates and their tran slation ...[Read more]

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DetailsEDINBURGH UNIV. PRESS
2007
240 Pages
Format: Tela
ISBN: 9780748620661
Language: INGLÉSCategory: Theory of Science

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