Revival of Islamic Medical Tradition

Authors

  • Seyyed Hossein Nasr George Washington University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5915/28-4-8087

Keywords:

History of Science, Islamic Medicine

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/28-4-8087

This lecture was not submitted to JIMA as a manuscript. It was transcribed and then edited for publishing.

Author Biography

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University

Seyyed Hossein Nasr (C.V.) graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree in Physics and Mathematics. He went on to Harvard University where he studied Geology and Geophysics, and then completed a PhD in the History of Science and Philosophy. He is a world renown scholar on Islam and is currently a University Professor at GW. He has published over twenty books and hundreds of articles in numerous languages and translations.

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Published

1996-11-01

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 4 (1996)

Section

History of Medicine

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