Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
Catalogue
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Islamic code of medical ethics : Kuwait document / International Organization of Islamic Medicine.
Date: [1981?]- Books
Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Islamic Medicine / edited by Ahmed Ragai El-Gindy, Hakeem Mohammad Zahoorul Hasan.
Date: [1982]- Journals
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Newsletter of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (ISHIM).
International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine.Date: 2002-- Journals
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Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (ISHIM).
International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine.Date: 2002-2004- Books
Proceeding of the First International Conference on Islamic Medicine : celebrating the advent of the fifteenth Hijri century / supervised and forwarded by Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Awadi.
Date: [1981]