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For a Fantasy novel I have kept this essay close-by, as I'm basing the medical practise of the order which gives the MC a place to stay on medieval Islamic medicine.
http://www.webmedcentral.com/wmcpdf/Article_WMC003549.pdf
As I understand it, Islamic medicine of the time were far, far ahead of European medicine, particularly when it came to hygiene and techniques.
In fact, modern European medicine comes in part or in whole from the Islamic tradition after the interactions and the reconquista of the Iberian peninsula when much of the literature of Galen and Avicenna came into the hands of the Christian Iberians.
But what I haven't been able to find, at least not in English, is a description of the practicalities of Islamic medicine. Like, how did they treat wounds? What were their pre- and after-care like?
Do I have to read Avicenna myself, or is there a resource you know of that in a simple drool-proof language could describe these things?
Thank you!
http://www.webmedcentral.com/wmcpdf/Article_WMC003549.pdf
As I understand it, Islamic medicine of the time were far, far ahead of European medicine, particularly when it came to hygiene and techniques.
In fact, modern European medicine comes in part or in whole from the Islamic tradition after the interactions and the reconquista of the Iberian peninsula when much of the literature of Galen and Avicenna came into the hands of the Christian Iberians.
But what I haven't been able to find, at least not in English, is a description of the practicalities of Islamic medicine. Like, how did they treat wounds? What were their pre- and after-care like?
Do I have to read Avicenna myself, or is there a resource you know of that in a simple drool-proof language could describe these things?
Thank you!
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