Greek Material Clothed in Islamic Garb: Ḥunayn Ibn ‘Isḥāq’s Fī Manāfi’ al-’Adā’ [PDF]
The Greek version of Claudius Galen’s On the Usefulness of the Parts [Περὶ χρησέως μορίων: Peri chrēséōs moríōn], an important book in terms of both the history of medicine and theology, has survived to this day.
Ahmet Göksu, Ebrahim Al- Khaffaf
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Case notes and clinicians: Galen's "Commentary" on the Hippocratic "Epidemics" in the Arabic tradition. [PDF]
Galen’s Commentaries on the Hippocratic Epidemics constitute one of the most detailed studies of Hippocratic medicine from Antiquity. The Arabic translation of the Commentaries by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. c. 873) is of crucial importance because it preserves
Pormann PE.
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Two Abbasid trials: Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal and Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq
Según las fuentes ḥanbalíes, el imām Ibn Ḥanbal (m. en 855) no capituló ante la inquisición 'abbāsí. En tiempos recientes, sin embargo, se tiende a pensar que sí debió capitular porque si no, nunca habría sido liberado.
Michael Cooperson
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On Ideas in Motion in Baghdad and Beyond [PDF]
Note on Damien Janos (ed.), Ideas in Motion in Baghdad and Beyond. Philosophical and Theological Exchanges between Christians and Muslims in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries, (Islamic History and Civilization.
Martini, Cecilia
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Tradition and Perspectives of Arab Herbal Medicine: A Review
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), including herbal medicine, are popular in the general population worldwide. Parallel to the increasing interest in ‘modern’ CAM therapies and the historical importance of Arab medicine, there is also a similar trend in research activities dealing with the efficacy and safety of medicinal plants in our ...
Bashar Saad, Hassan Azaizeh, Omar Said
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Bibliophilia in Ottoman Aleppo: Muḥammad al-Taqawī and his Medical Library [PDF]
Recent research has shown that book collecting by private individuals and institutions was a widespread phenomenon in Bilād al-Shām. At least from the Ayyubid period onwards, countless volumes were produced, changed hands in the book market, and lay ...
Reier, Benedikt
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The Textual Interest of the Syriac Versions of Galen’s Simples [PDF]
As a complement and supplement to the various articles in this issue devoted specifically to the manuscript olim Hiersemann 500/20, henceforth referred to as the “Syriac Galen Palimpsest”, or simply “SGP”, this article presents selected examples of how ...
Calà, Irene +2 more
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Las traducciones árabes y latina del De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus VI: el caso del grano de ben [PDF]
The ben nut is a fruit that has been used for therapeutic purposes since Antiquity. Its description is included in book VI of Galen’s (2nd c.) De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus, one of the most important works of pharmacology in the history of ...
Díaz Marcos, Marina +1 more
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Pisma Orybazjusza jako źródło informacji o pożywieniu ludzi w późnym Cesarstwie Rzymskim
The article makes an attempt at the presentation of medical works written by Oribasius (ca. 325 – ca. 400 A.D.), well educated physician from Pergamon, and a close friend of Julian the Apostate.
Krzysztof Jagusiak, Maciej Kokoszko
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Commentary and translation in Syriac Aristotelian scholarship: Sergius to Baghdad [PDF]
This article considers the relationship between the composition in Syriac of commentaries on Aristotle and the translation of his treatises from the time of Sergius of Reshaina through to the Baghdad scholars of the 8th-10th centuries. Surveying the work
Cardiff University, Watt, John
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