| Description |
1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Series |
Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Part I. MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC MEDICINE -- Part II. IBN RIDWAN'S ON THE PREVENTION OF BODILY ILLS IN EGYPT -- Maps -- Glossary to the Translation -- Indexes -- Arabic Text |
| Summary |
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? |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020) |
| Subject |
ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān, -approximately 1068. Risālah fī dafʻ maḍārr al-abdān bi-arḍ Miṣr
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| SUBJECT |
Risālah fī dafʻ maḍārr al-abdān bi-arḍ Miṣr (ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān) fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Native American.
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HISTORY / Europe / Medieval
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dols, Michael W
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Gamal, Adil S., editor.
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| ISBN |
0520350952 |
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9780520350953 |
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