Chapter Twenty-six Syriac Medicine

The field of Syriac medicine is perhaps one of the least investigated and explored domains within Syriac intellectual culture. Yet owing to its decisive role during the late antique period for the transfer of Greek medical knowledge to the Islamic world, it should occupy a very special position,...

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Main Author: Kessel, Grigory (auth)
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
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