Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh: Al-Damanhuri's "Clear Statement" on Anatomy

This book investigates the intersection of medical and religious knowledge in eighteenth-century Egypt. It takes as its focus a manuscript on anatomy by al-Damanhūrī (d. 1778), entitled The Clear Statement on the Science of Anatomy.

Author: Ahmed Ragab
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/28/2019
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780367028978

About the Author

Ahmed Ragab is Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Science, and Director of the Science, Religion and Culture program at Harvard University, USA. He is a physician, a historian of science and medicine, and a scholar of science and religion.