Medieval Islamic Medicine: Ibn Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt" (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)

Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

by Michael W. Dols (Translator), Adil S. Gamal (Editor)

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?

Hardcover

First published April 26, 1984