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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I From the earliest times to the death of Alexander
- II From the death of Alexander to the foundation of Islam
- III From the foundation of Islam to the death of the Caliph Hárún-ul-Rashíd
- IV From the accession of al-Amín to the caliphate to the extinction of the Qurra family
- V The place of Ophthalmology in Arabian Medicine
- VI The rise of the Buwayhid family
- VII Avicenna and Rhazes
- VIII The Seljuqs and the last of the Caliphs
- IX Arabian Medicine in theory
- X Arabian Medicine in practice
- XI The Mongol Domination
- XII The Empire of Tamerlane
- XIII The Ṣafavids
- XIV The East India Company in Persia
- XV The early Qájárs
- XVI The mission of Sir John McNeill
- XVII The introduction of Western Medicine
- XVIII The Sanitary Council and the Quarantine Service
- XIX The nationalization of the Medical Services
- XX Arabic Research and Medicine
- Index
- Plate section
VI - The rise of the Buwayhid family
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I From the earliest times to the death of Alexander
- II From the death of Alexander to the foundation of Islam
- III From the foundation of Islam to the death of the Caliph Hárún-ul-Rashíd
- IV From the accession of al-Amín to the caliphate to the extinction of the Qurra family
- V The place of Ophthalmology in Arabian Medicine
- VI The rise of the Buwayhid family
- VII Avicenna and Rhazes
- VIII The Seljuqs and the last of the Caliphs
- IX Arabian Medicine in theory
- X Arabian Medicine in practice
- XI The Mongol Domination
- XII The Empire of Tamerlane
- XIII The Ṣafavids
- XIV The East India Company in Persia
- XV The early Qájárs
- XVI The mission of Sir John McNeill
- XVII The introduction of Western Medicine
- XVIII The Sanitary Council and the Quarantine Service
- XIX The nationalization of the Medical Services
- XX Arabic Research and Medicine
- Index
- Plate section
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- A Medical History of Persia and the Eastern CaliphateFrom the Earliest Times Until the Year A.D. 1932, pp. 144 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1951