Arabian Medicine
The FitzPatrick Lectures Delivered at the College of Physicians in November 1919 and November 1920

This 1921 work explains the role of Islamic physicians in the transmission of medical science through the Dark Ages.

E. G. Browne (Author)

9781108013970, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 May 2011

154 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.2 kg

E. G. Browne (1862–1926), who combined outstanding skills in medicine and Arabic and Persian studies, has left an indelible mark in his fields of expertise. He first learned Turkish in his teens, and went on to study all the languages of the Islamic tradition, while also qualifying as a physician. This collection of four FitzPatrick Lectures, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in 1919–20, and first published in 1921, covers subjects such as Arabic as a scientific language, the transmission of Greek learning, and important Islamic medieval writers. Brown describes the role of Islamic physicians in transmitting Greek and Roman medical science through the Dark Ages, both preserving and building upon texts which were lost or misunderstood in the West. He further argues that the scientific elements of Islamic literature should be seen as complementing and supporting the imaginative and aesthetic works of literature, history and poetry.

Preface
1. Meaning of the term 'Arabian medicine'
2. Evolution of scientific terminology in Arabic
3. Arabian popular medicine
4. Contributions of the Moors in Spain
Index.

Subject Areas: History of medicine [MBX]