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Ibn Al-Nafis and Vinegar |
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By: Mohamed Hussein Benamer, Fri 17 June, 2005 |
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A doctor does a short enquiry into an old treatment for ear infections and discovers its presence in a medical manuscript by Ibn al-Nafis.
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Arabic Medicine in the Mediterranean |
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By: Prof. Charles Burnett, Mon 29 November, 2004 |
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Professor Charles Burnett describes in a talk he recently gave the phenomena of Arabic Medicine which stretched across the Islamic world and embraced all religions and took knoweldge from wherever it was found.
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Muslim Contribution to Cosmetics |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 20 May, 2003 |
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Al-Zahrawi's medical encyclopaedia, used in Europe's Universities from the 12th-17th century, discusses under-arm deodorants, hair removing sticks, hand lotions, hair dyes, hair care, suntan lotions, remedies for bad breath, nasal sprays and much more.
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The Book of Water (Kitab Al-Ma'a) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 17 January, 2003 |
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Kitab Al-Ma'a, a strange title for the first known Encyclopedia of Medicine arranged according to the alphabet was recently discovered in Algeria and published in Oman. Contains over 900 pages and was written by Ibno Al-Thahabi (died 1033AD).
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