
Islamic Medicine
Paperback Published on: 11/02/1997
Price: £29.99
Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- ISBN: 9780748609079
- Number of pages: 136
- Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 214g
- Languages: English
















