Ahmed Ragab

Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh (eBook, ePUB)

Al-Damanhuri's "Clear Statement" on Anatomy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the intersection of medical and religious knowledge in eighteenth-century Egypt. It takes as its focus a manuscript on anatomy by al-Damanhuri (d. 1778), entitled The Clear Statement on the Science of Anatomy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429671395
• Artikelnr.: 55439409

Autorenporträt

Ahmed Ragab is Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Science, and Director of the Science, Religion and Culture program at Harvard University, USA. He is a physician, a historian of science and medicine, and a scholar of science and religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The study of al-Damanh
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's life and career 1 Al-Damanh
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: the life of a scholar 2 The Education of Ahmad al-Damanh
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3 Medicine and Religion in al-Damanh
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's Clear Statement; Postscript Al-Damanh
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in Anticipation: Writing Postcolonially Part II: The Clear Statement-a translation; A note on translation; The Clear Statement -Translation