Islamic Medicine

Table of Contents:

LECTURE 1

Meanings of the term Arabian Medicineِ û Periods Arabian and Islamic history --- the Transmission of Greek learning --- Syria and Persian contributions --- The Latino Barbari--- Aptitude of Arabic for scientific purposes.

LECTURE 2

Evolution of Scientific Terminology in Arabic--- Was dissection practiced by the Muslims? Four early Persian medical writers.

LECTURE 3

Recapitulation --- Arabian Popular Medicine --- The Translators from Arabic into Latin ûPractice of medicine in the time of the crusadesùAnecdotes of notable cures in Arabic and Persian literatureùPsychotherapeusisùLove and Melancholia--- Persian medical works --- Introduction of European Medicine into Muslim lands.

LECTURE 4

Contribution of the Moors of Spain--- The School of ToledoùPersian medical literature from the twelfth to the fourth teen centuries ---Biographical works of the thirteenth century--- Muslim hospitals ---Letters of Rashid the Physician --- Outlines of Muslim cosmogony, physical science and physiology ---Conclusionà