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Origin and development of Unani medicine: an analytical study

This study traces the history of the origin and development of Unani medicine in the Islamic world and its later flowering in Persia. Based mainly on Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English sources, the study focuses on the intellectual legacy of the Muslims in the development of Unani medicine and their...

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Main Author: Arshad Islam, Islam
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Language:English
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Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
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RA Public aspects of medicine
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
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spelling my.iium.irep.648362018-08-10T08:22:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64836/ Origin and development of Unani medicine: an analytical study Arshad Islam, Islam RA Public aspects of medicine RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine Z665 Library Science. Information Science This study traces the history of the origin and development of Unani medicine in the Islamic world and its later flowering in Persia. Based mainly on Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English sources, the study focuses on the intellectual legacy of the Muslims in the development of Unani medicine and their interest in the progress of medical sciences, when a number of classical works were produced by great Muslim scholars during this period that provide evidence of organized medical care that provided the basis for modern medicine as it emerged from the 17th century onwards in Europe. The early Muslim scholars’ works were focused on the integration or Islamicisation of human knowledge in the areas of medical and health-care sciences as well as those who seek to understand the role of moral values and Maqasid al-Shariáh (‘objectives of Sharia) in medical and healthcare practices in a more comprehensive framework, exposing the dynamic contribution of Islamic civilization to medical progress that was later obscured in modernity by Western ideologies. International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-06-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64836/11/64836_Origin%20and%20development%20of%20Unani%20medicine_WoS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64836/17/64836_Origin%20and%20Development%20of%20Unani%20Medicine_%20An%20Analytical%20Study_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64836/18/64836%20Origin%20and%20development%20of%20unani%20medicine%20_%20scopus.pdf Arshad Islam, Islam (2018) Origin and development of Unani medicine: an analytical study. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (1). pp. 23-49. ISSN 0128-4878
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topic RA Public aspects of medicine
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
spellingShingle RA Public aspects of medicine
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RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Arshad Islam, Islam
Origin and development of Unani medicine: an analytical study
description This study traces the history of the origin and development of Unani medicine in the Islamic world and its later flowering in Persia. Based mainly on Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English sources, the study focuses on the intellectual legacy of the Muslims in the development of Unani medicine and their interest in the progress of medical sciences, when a number of classical works were produced by great Muslim scholars during this period that provide evidence of organized medical care that provided the basis for modern medicine as it emerged from the 17th century onwards in Europe. The early Muslim scholars’ works were focused on the integration or Islamicisation of human knowledge in the areas of medical and health-care sciences as well as those who seek to understand the role of moral values and Maqasid al-Shariáh (‘objectives of Sharia) in medical and healthcare practices in a more comprehensive framework, exposing the dynamic contribution of Islamic civilization to medical progress that was later obscured in modernity by Western ideologies.
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title_short Origin and development of Unani medicine: an analytical study
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publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
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