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Author/Contributor(s): |
Dols, Michael W ; Gamal, Adil S
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Publisher: |
University of California Press
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Date: |
04/26/1984
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Binding: |
Hardcover
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Condition: |
NEW
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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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