Islamic Pharmacology in the Middle Ages
Theories and Substances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-227 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798708000215 |
| OpenAlex | W2103408684 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
From the ninth to the 13th century, numerous works on pharmacology were written in Arabic in Eastern as well as in Western parts of the Islamic world. Starting from Galen and Dioscorides, the Islamic authors greatly improved on the Greek heritage. Among the theories they developed, two major trends stand out. The first trend emphasized medicinal degrees of primary qualities, and thus could lead to the promotion of mathematical rules. The second trend, on the contrary, focused on ‘the whole form’ of the substances, and opened the way to an experimental approach. Both these trends will continue in European pharmacology up to the Modern period
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Epistemology · Islam · Linguistics · Middle Ages · Ninth · Period (music · Political science · Promotion (chess · Traditional medicine · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · History of Medicine Studies · Law · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |