Medicine in Abbasid Baghdad

Auteur

Peter E. Pormann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick.

Texte du rabat

This book provides a comprehensive examination of medicine in Baghdad during the Golden Age of Islamic civilization. It covers topics such as hospitals, doctors and diseases, and also the intellectual and cultural values that flourished.

Contenu

Introduction Part I: The Golden Age of Islamic Civilization 1. Caliphs and Viziers: The Politics and Patronage 2. Humanism Triumphant Part II: The Hippocratic Triangle 3. Doctors 4. Patients 5. Diseases Part III: Places of Practice 6. The Palaces of the Powerful 7. The Hospitals 8. The Marketplace Part IV: The Medical Other 9. Charlatans 10. Women 11. Non-Muslims. Conclusion