Al-tibb : healing traditions in Islamic medical manuscripts / writers and research team: Siti Marina Mohd. Maidin [and 6 others] ; editor: Lucien de Guise.

Date:
2018
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Publication/Creation

[Kuala Lumpur] : Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2018.

Physical description

268 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes

Catalogue of an exhibition launched at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, March 19, 2018.
"The collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia"

Contents

1. The spread of medical knowledge in the Islamic world / Siti Marina Mohd. Maidin -- 2. Propehtic medicine : al-Tibb al-Nabawi / Heba Nayel Barakat -- 3. Anatomy and physiology in medieval Islam / Farida Jamal -- 4. Concepts of pathology in Muslim medical culture / Fabrizio Speziale -- 5. Pharmacy and its offshoots / Mohd. Affendi Mod. Shafri -- 6. Eating and good health in medieval Islam / Nawal Nasrallah -- 7. The Malay knowledge of healing / Harun Mat Piah -- 8. Divination and 'magic' in Islamic medicine / Farouk Yahya -- 9. Equine veterinary knowledge in the Islamic world / Rania Elsayed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    BM.AI
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ISBN

  • 9789832591153
  • 9832591155