Islamic Medicine

Islamic Medicine
ISBN-10
0748609075
ISBN-13
9780748609079
Category
Religion
Pages
138
Language
English
Published
1997
Author
Manfred Ullmann

Description

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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