The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the Medieval period (c.
She is the author of Magic and Divination in Early Islam and Science, Tools, and Magic ..
Cross College, both at the University of Oxford.
Emilie Savage-Smith is professor of the History of Islamic Science at the Oriental Institute and a senior research fellow of St.
He is the author of The Oriental Tradition of Paul of Aegina\'s \'Pragmateia\' and Al-Kindi\'s Philosophical Works .
Pormann is a Wellcome Trust Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick.
About the Author: Peter E.
The book includes an index of persons and their books; a timeline of developments in East and West; and a section on further reading.
A concluding chapter on the "afterlife" concerns the impact of this tradition on modern European medical practices, and its continued practice today.
Medieval Islamic Medicine is organized around five topics: the emergence of Medieval Islamic Medicine and its intense crosspollination with other cultures; the theoretical medical framework; the function of physicians within the larger society; medical care as seen through preserved case histories; and the role of magic and devout religious invocations in scholarly as well as everyday medicine.
Contrary to the stereotypical picture, Medieval Islamic Medicine was not simply a conduit for Greek ideas, but a venue for innovation and change.
This tradition formed the roots from which modern Western Medicine arose.
It is a story of contact and cultural exchange across countries and creeds, affecting many people from kings to the common crowd. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and fortunes of countless human beings.
The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the Medieval period (c
