Medieval Islamic Medicine - Ibn Ridwan''s Treatise 'On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt'

About the author

Michael W. Dols was Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Hayward. 

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?

Product details

• Authors: Ali, Michael W. Dols, Adil S. Virani
• Assisted by: Adil S. Gamal (Editor), Adil S. Virani (Editor), Virani Adil S. (Editor), Michael W. Dols (Translation), Dols Michael W. (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.1984
• EAN: 9780520048362
• ISBN: 978-0-520-04836-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: California Studies in 19th Cen; Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, complementary medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies