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Medieval Islamic Medicine
ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān,

Medieval Islamic Medicine

Ibn Riḍwān's treatise, "On the prevention of bodily ills in Egypt"

University of California Press (1984)
9780520048362
63 pages
Dewey 610
LC Classification R128.3 .A4513 1984
LC Control No. 83005017

Subject

  • Medicine, Arab
  • Medicine, Medieval

Plot

This book describes medieval Islamic medicine and to explore a specific medical text, On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt by 'Ali ibn Ridwan (A.D. 998 - 1068). It seeks to answer the following questions: What did it mean to be a doctor in medieval Islamic society? What was the nature of the medicine that physicians practiced? And what was the relationship between physician and patient?

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