Islamic medicine / Manfred Ullmann
1968, 1st edition. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's signature onm prelims. Item #445459
ISBN: 0852243251
Physical description; xiv, 138 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Contents; List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Medical Conditions in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in the Umayyad Period -- Ch. 2. The Age of the Translations -- Ch. 3. Survey of the History of Arabic Medicine -- Ch. 4. Physiology and Anatomy -- Ch. 5. Pathology -- Ch. 6. The Transmissibility of Illnesses and the Plague -- Ch. 7. Dietetics and Pharmaceutics Dietetics -- Ch. 8. Medicine and the Occult -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. Subjects; History, Medieval. Medicine, Arab. Medicine, Arabic history. Medicine Islamic countries. Medicine, Arabic history Islam. Medicine Islamic countries History. Medicine Middle East. Medicine, Arab history Islam. Medicine Religious aspects Islam. History of Medicine. Medical Humanities.
Price: €21.00