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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?
Price: $63.00
Pages: 268
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
Publication Date:
26 April 1984
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520048362
Format: Hardcover
Michael W. Dols was Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Hayward.