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.
- Introduction to medieval Islamic medicine
- Medical inheritance - cultures and traditions of theory
- The translation movement - the spread of ideas
- Theory and practice - butchers or healers?
- Practitioners in society
- Medicine, magic and religion
- The medieval in the modern
- For more information on this podcast contact Tom Abbott (t.abbott@warwick.ac.uk / 024 76574474)
Theory and Practice - butchers or healers?
09:57, Tue 31 Jul 2007
In this episode Peter discusses the medical theory that underpinned the Islamic tradition and how this was reflected in practice.
(MP3 format, 19 MB)
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