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This title presents an account of the life and legacy of the most influential physician of medieval Muslim Spain. Ibn Zuhr (or Avenzoar) of twelfth-century Seville was the most important physician of Muslim Spain. His family boasted six generations of physicians, and also included midwives, jurists, poets, and viziers. His "Kitab al-taysir", a compendium of therapeutics, was translated into Latin and Hebrew; its Latin version, "Liber Teisir", served as a companion book to the "Colliget", the Latin translation of "Kitab al-kulliyat", a largely theoretical book of the philosopher - physician Ibn Rushd (Averroes). The rabbi - physician Maimonides quoted extensively from Ibn Zuhr and considered him "unique in his age and one of the great sages."But Ibn Zuhr was not just a keen observer of patients and a dispenser of remedies: buried within his generally dry narrative are candid recollections and views on a variety of subjects and of his society. And his medical recipes could be compared to currents forms of alternative medicine. Together, his holistic approach to medicine and his spontaneous vignettes make him one of the most refreshing physicians of any age. This account of the life and legacy of Ibn Zuhr, the first of its kind, reveals the man and his world, his importance in his own times, and his relevance to our world today. Against a modern culture of often impersonal, bureaucratized, and costly health care, Ibn Zuhr's embodiment of the wisdom of the ages and his role as healer-priest can be an inspiration.
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HENRY AZAR graduated in medicine from the American University of Beirut, earned a doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is emeritus professor of pathology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is the author of many articles and two books on the pathology of cancer. More recently his interests have been in the physicians of Muslim Spain.
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- PublisherThe American University in Cairo Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 9774161556
- ISBN 13 9789774161551
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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