Islamic Medicine
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:11th Feb '97
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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.
A concise and authoritative guide to this vast and complex subject. A concise and authoritative guide to this vast and complex subject.
ISBN: 9780748609079
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 214g
136 pages