Arabian medicine, being the Fitzpatrick lectures delivered at the College of physicians in November 1919 and November 1920

Description:

Tib Arabi, or Arabian medicine was based upon medicine practiced by the Greeks, like Galen. Before the European Enlightenment, medicine or treatment of illness relied upon superstition, religion and folk lore. The practices described here are from what Edward Browne learnd when he lived in Persia as well as Constantinople after having studied Arabic and Persian at Cambridge University. This book is the content of lectures Browne delivered at the College of Physicians in Cambridge, England in November 1919 and 1920

subjects: Arab Medicine,  Persian Medicine,  History,  Arabic Medicine,  Specimens, reproductions,  Illumination of books and manuscripts,  English literature,  Translations into English,  Translations from Persian,  Facsimiles,  History and criticism,  Persian literature,  Persian Manuscripts,  Specimens,  Persian literature, history and criticism,  Translations,  Littérature persane,  Histoire et critique,  Littérature anglaise,  Traductions,  Translations into Persian,  Medicine

People: Edward Browne

Places: Persia,  University of Cambridge

Times: 1921,  900- 1920 CE