Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and ...

The Medieval Period, commonly known as The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years, from the 5th to the 15th century (476 AD to 1453 AD). It is the period in European history which started at the end of ...

What is 'Islamic medicine'? It is a term fraught with limitations. No definitive definition exists, but most reputable historians of medicine have characterized it by several key features. These ...

"Confluences of Medicine is the first book-length exploration in English of issues of medicine and society in premodern Japan. This multifaceted study weaves a rich tapestry of Buddhist healing ...

Medical ideas in the medieval era were heavily influenced by the ancient Greeks and Romans, particularly Hippocrates and Galen. Although Galen had not been a Christian, he was accepted by the Church ...

Professor of Philosophy and Theology also adds that “The immense impact of Islamic philosophy on western philosophy during the medieval period influenced virtually all of the philosophical disciplines ...

Narrator: In 762, the city of Baghdad was established by Al-Mansur. The centre was a perfect circle. The round city. By 814, Baghdad was the world's largest city with over one million inhabitants. Its ...

Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic ...

Islam is a religion that has guidance for all walks of life. The relationship between spiritual wellbeing, which forms the core of Islam and the physical health is obviously interwoven. Thus the ...