Published in Journal of medical biography
Tayādhūq, also known as Theodocus/Théodoros (d. early 8th century AD), was educated in the Gondēs̲h̲āpūr School and served the Sassanid kings. During this period, he contacted the Umayyad court and became the physician of Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf (d. 715 AD), the general governor of the Eastern regions of the caliphate. In addition to his knowledge on the ...
This paper studies the sexual fragments contained in the Nuzhat al-abṣār wal-asmā‛ fī aḫbār ḏawāt al-qinā‛ (Gift of sight and hearing, compilation of news about women) by the Egyptian writer al-Ṣiddīq (1652), one of the most complete works of the erotic genre in the Ottoman period. The main aim is to interpret the medical, on the one hand, and the ...
This paper deals with the knowledge about the therapeutic potential and the medicinal uses of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) and the wild olive tree (Olea europaea var. Oleaster (Hoffmanns. & Link) Negodi) in al-Andalus. The results of this research are recorded in a table in which ailments and diseases treated with olive tree and wild olive tre...
Published in Medical History
Muslims are a growing community in European countries. General health habits, including therapy-related behaviours, have been described, though implications to pharmacy practice might vary with the local dominant culture and setting. This exploratory study aimed to describe Muslims’ prevalent health and medication-related practices and possible imp...
Published in Medical History
The recent suggestion that the late medieval Eurasian plague pandemic, the Black Death, had its origins in the thirteenth century rather than the fourteenth century has brought new scrutiny to texts reporting ‘epidemics’ in the earlier period. Evidence both from Song China and Iran suggests that plague was involved in major sieges laid by the Mongo...
Published in Journal of medical biography
The golden age of Islamic medicine (800 to 1300 CE) is a notable period in medical history. Medical education in this period of time was significant and systematic in Islamic territory. In the early Golden Age of Islamic Medicine, Abū Zayd Ḥunain ibn Isḥāq al-'Ibādī, an exceptional scholar and translator, emerged. He was known as Johannitius in med...
Published in Transcultural Psychiatry
Although Islam is the world’s second-largest religion, there continues to be misconceptions and an overall lack of awareness regarding the religious and social worlds that make up the global Muslim community. This is particularly concerning when examining notions of mental ill-health, where a lack of cultural awareness, understanding, and sensitivi...
Published in Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
BackgroundIn response to outbreaks, the manner in which the medical field engages with the process of death is significantly important, not only in the pathological but also in the sociocultural aspect. Certain response-methodology used could be a critical catalyst for community resistance to post-mortem examinations (e.g. hiding corpses, violence)...
Published in Journal of Religion and Health
This study was conducted to identify and describe the patients’ perceptions of Islamic medicine based on gender, age, marital, educational level and working status among the Malaysian Muslim population. A nationwide interviewer-administered questionnaire survey was conducted in 2013. An open-ended questionnaire pertaining to Islamic medicine was us...
