The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings. It is a story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting many people from kings to the common crowd. This tradition formed the roots from which modern Western medicine arose. Contrary to the stereotypical picture, medieval Islamic medicine was not simply a conduit for Greek ideas, but a venue for innovation and change.
Medieval Islamic Medicine is organized around five...
The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and ...
Provides a survey of medieval Islamic medicine, offering insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture. This work is organised around five topics: the emergence of medieval Islamic medicine and its intense cross-pollination wi
Provides a survey of medieval Islamic medicine, offering insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture. This work is org...
The Arabic manuscript collection now in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford includes some the oldest and most important scientific and medical medieval manuscripts preserved today. Emilie Savage-Smith describes 377 medical manuscripts representing 242 different treatises. The illustrated catalogue begins with early translations of medical material into Arabic, including a rare illustrated copy made in Baghdad in 1242 of a Greek treatise on medicinal substances. Thereafter, the organisation is by topic, with the entries arranged chronologically within that heading. These include...
The Arabic manuscript collection now in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford includes some the oldest and most important scientific and me...
