A Literary History of Medicine

Name: A Literary History of Medicine
Author: edited by Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain and Geert Jan van Gelder

Title	A Literary History of Medicine
Author	edited by Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain and Geert Jan van Gelder
Publication Date:	2020
Publication Place	Leiden ; Boston - Brill
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	852
Library:	University of Heidelberg
Library Asset ID	978-90-04-54559-5
Record ID	69333860
Date	2020
Sample Text	A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the author's contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical works; all this interlaced with poems and anecdotes. These volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Introductory essays provide important background. The reader will find on these pages an Islamic society that worked closely with Christians and Jews, deeply committed to advancing knowledge and applying it to health and wellbeing
Baskılar	1st ed
Dipnotlar	Includes bibliographical references and index
Toplam başlık serisi	Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 134/3-1, Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024
Yerel URL (Üniversite Kütüphanesi)	full text
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Savage-Smith, Emilie [HerausgeberIn]
Yazı Dili	English and Arabic

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A Literary History of Medicine

Author edited by Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain and Geert Jan van Gelder

Publication Date 2020

Publication Place Leiden ; Boston - Brill

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 852

Library University of Heidelberg

Library Asset ID 978-90-04-54559-5

Record ID 69333860

Date 2020

Sample Text A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the author's contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical works; all this interlaced with poems and anecdotes. These volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Introductory essays provide important background. The reader will find on these pages an Islamic society that worked closely with Christians and Jews, deeply committed to advancing knowledge and applying it to health and wellbeing

Baskılar 1st ed

Dipnotlar Includes bibliographical references and index

Toplam başlık serisi Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 134/3-1, Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024

Yerel URL (Üniversite Kütüphanesi) full text

Katkıda Bulunanlar Savage-Smith, Emilie [HerausgeberIn]

Yazı Dili English and Arabic