LEADER 03996nam 22005532 450 001 9910792843703321 005 20220809144141.0 010 $a1-4744-3041-4 010 $a1-4744-1318-8 010 $a0-7486-9782-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748697823 035 $a(CKB)3710000001156067 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748697823 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5013814 035 $a(DE-B1597)619332 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748697823 035 $a(OCoLC)1338020843 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001156067 100 $a20170302d2017|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArabian drugs in medieval Mediterranean medicine /$fZohar Amar and Efraim Levy$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEdinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 May 2017). 311 $a0-7486-9781-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPlates --$tTables --$tPreface --$tMap: The Origin of the Main Medieval Arabian Drugs --$t1 Introduction --$t2 Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Innovations: Milestones in Research and Case Studies --$t3 ?Arabian? Substances --$t4 Discussion and Conclusions --$tBibliography --$tIndex of English Names --$tIndex of Arabic Names --$tIndex of Scientific Names 330 $aExplores the impact of drugs introduced by the Arabs on medieval Mediterranean medicine.

For more than one thousand years Arab medicine held sway in the ancient world, from the shores of Spain in the West to China, India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in the East. This book explores the impact of Greek (as well as Indian and Persian) medical heritage on the evolution of Arab medicine and pharmacology, investigating it from the perspective of materia medica - a reliable indication of the contribution of this medical legacy.

Focusing on the main substances introduced and traded by the Arabs in the medieval Mediterranean - including Ambergris, camphor, musk, myrobalan, nutmeg, sandalwood and turmeric - the authors show how they enriched the existing inventory of drugs influenced by Galenic-Arab pharmacology. Further, they look at how these substances merged with the development and distribution of new technologies and industries that evolved in the Middle Ages such as textiles, paper, dyeing and tanning, and with the new trends, demands and fashions regarding spices, perfumes, ornaments (gemstones) and foodstuffs some of which can be found in our modern-day food basket.

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