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Medieval Islamic Medicine
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Artikel-Nr:
9781589011601
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.2007
Seiten:
223
Autor:
Peter E. Pormann
Gewicht:
500 g
Format:
242x164x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Peter E. Pormann is a Wellcome Trust Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of The Oriental Tradition of Paul of Aegina's 'Pragmateia' and Al-Kindi's Philosophical Works. Emilie Savage-Smith is professor of the History of Islamic Science at the Oriental Institute and a senior research fellow of St. Cross College, both at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Magic and Divination in Early Islam and Science, Tools, and Magic.
Medieval Islamic Medicine is organized around five topics: the emergence of medieval Islamic medicine and its intense crosspollination with other cultures; the theoretical medical framework; the function of physicians within the larger society; medical care as seen through preserved case histories; and the role of magic and devout religious invocations in scholarly as well as everyday medicine. A concluding chapter on the "afterlife" concerns the impact of this tradition on modern European medical practices, and its continued practice today. The book includes an index of persons and their books; a timeline of developments in East and West; and a chapter-by-chapter annotated bibliographic essay.
"An outstanding contribution to a very important field. While there has been a great deal of new research on premodern medical texts from the Islamic world, there are few surveys written for a broader public. This text will make a lasting contribution to the history of science in general, and to the study of premodern Islamic medicine in particular." -- Jonathan Brockopp, Director, Program in Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Acknowledgments Notes of Transliteration, Dates, and General Format List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Emergence of Islamic Medicine 2. Medical Theory 3. Physicians and Society 4. Practice 5. Popular Medicine 6. Afterlife Biblography Chronology Index of Persons and Works General Index