Medieval Islamic medicine : Ibn Riḍwān's treatise, "On the prevention of bodily ills in Egypt"

Author(s)

• ʿAli ibn Riḍwān, d. ca. 1068
• Dols, Michael W. (Michael Walters)
• Jamāl, ʿĀdil Sulaymān

Bibliographic Information

Medieval Islamic medicine : Ibn Riḍwān's treatise, "On the prevention of bodily ills in Egypt"

translated, with an introducton, by Michael W. Dols ; Arabic text edited by Adil S. Gamal

（Comparative studies of health systems and medical care）

University of California Press, c1984

Other Title

Risālah fī dafʿ maḍārr al-abdān bi-arḍ Miṣr

Uniform Title

Risālah fī dafʿ maḍārr al-abdān bi-arḍ Miṣr

Note

Text in Arabic and English

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA02973633
• ISBN:
  • 0520048369
• LCCN: 83005017
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engara
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 186, 63 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R128.3
  • DC19 : 610
  • NDC8 : 490.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medicine, Arabic -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān, d. ca. 1068. Risālah fī dafʿ maḍārr al-abdān bi-arḍ Miṣr
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00244370