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Medieval Islamic Medicine
Ibn Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt"
Book Description
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?
