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)
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The translation movement - the spread of ideas
09:57, Tue 31 Jul 2007
In this episode we explore the importance of the translation movement in defining a tradition of Islamic medicine in the medieval period.
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