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Medieval Islamic Medicine

In this podcast series Peter Pormann of Warwick's Department of Classics and Ancient History explores the history of medical theory and practice in the medieval Islamic world.

  1. Introduction to medieval Islamic medicine
  2. Medical inheritance - cultures and traditions of theory
  3. The translation movement - the spread of ideas
  4. Theory and practice - butchers or healers?
  5. Practitioners in society
  6. Medicine, magic and religion
  7. The medieval in the modern

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Introduction to Medieval Islamic Medicine

09:59, Tue 31 Jul 2007

In our first episode Peter provides an introduction to the series and outlines the topics we will explore.

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Medieval Islamic Medicine

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Classics and Ancient History

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