Medieval Islamic Medicine

Ibn Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt"

Adil S. Gamal, Michael W. Dols

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520350953
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

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? This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
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 I

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents 1
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Transliteration
• Abbreviations
• Part I MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC MEDICINE
• Introductory Essay
• Part II IBN RIDWAN’S ON THE PREVENTION OF BODILY ILLS IN EGYPT
• MAPS
• Glossary to the Translation
• INDEXES
• Arabic Text