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Publié par

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Date de parution

19 décembre 2012

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9789788431503

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

It is the aim of this book while clarifying doubts and misconceptions, to provide a thorough reappraisal of the intellectual and rich cultural heritage of Islam with regards to the principles and practice of medicine and its representation to the world in the language of today. In nine chapters a range of topics are discussed including: The Promotion of Medical Education and Health Services; Personal and Environmental Hygiene; Circumcision; Manners of Eating; Social and Mental Heath; Curative Medicine; The Provision of Adequate and Potable Water; Magic, Witchcraft, Enchantments and Charms; Euthanasia; Suicide; The Rehabilitation of the Sick and the Needy; The Source of Human Creation; Sex Differentiation and Determination; Healing through Miracles; Magic and Soothsaying; HIV Infection and AIDS; Abortion; Females in Medical Practice; and The Challenges of Modem Medicine to Muslims.

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Publié par

Safari Books Ltd

Date de parution

19 décembre 2012

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9789788431503

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

MEDICINE IN THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH An Intellectual Reappraisal of the Legacy and Future of Islamic Medicine and its Representation in the Language of Science and Modernity

MEDICINE IN THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH

An Intellectual Reappraisal of the Legacy and Future of Islamic Medicine and its Representation in the Language of Science and Modernity

Umar Faruk Adamu

Safari Books Ltd Ibadan

Published by Safari Books Ltd Ile Ori Detu 1 Shell Close Onireke Ibadan. Email: safarinigeria@gmail.com

Publisher: Chief Joop Berkhout,OON Deputy Publisher: George Berkhout

Published 2006 New edition, 2012

All rights reserved. This book is copyright and so no part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

ISBN: 978-978-8431-14-5

DEDICATION

THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH

THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MUNFICENT, THE OMNIPRESENT

THE GIVER OF LIFE, HEALTH AND WISDOM

Contents

Dedication Foreword I Foreword II Preface Acknowledgements List of Reviewers and Editorial Advisers List of Definitions and Abbreviations Introduction

Chapter One Seeking for Knowledge 1.1 The Concept of Knowledge 1.2 The Importance of Knowledge 1.3 The Diversification of Knowledge 1.4 The Promotion of Medical Education and Health Services

Chapter Two Preventive Medicine 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Personal and Environmental Hygiene 2.2 Oral Hygiene 2.3 Circumcision 2.4 Other Forms of Personal Hygiene 2.5 Drinking Clean and Pure Water 2.6 Manners of Eating 2.7 Diet

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2.8 Physical Health – Sport, Amusement and Recreation 2.9 Social Health 2.10 Mental Health 2.11 The Control of Communicable Diseases and Epidemics 2.12 Passing Urine in Stagnant Water 2.13 Medical Benefits of Ablution andSalat

Chapter Three

Curative Medicine

3.0 Introduction 3.1 Treatment with Honey 3.2 Fever, Sore Throat and Tonsilitis 3.3 The Control of Bleeding and Treatment of Wounds 3.4 Cupping and Cauterisation 3.5 Remedy With Dates 3.6 Remedy with Nigella Seed(Habba-tus-Sawda) 3.7 Diseases of and Antidotes to the Housefly 3.8 Remedy with Milk 3.9 The Treatment of Pain and Malaise 3.10 The Management of the Unconscious Patient 3.11 The Management of Burns and Dehydration 3.12 Nutritional Rehabilitation in Patients’ Care 3.13 The Treatment of Mental Illnesses and Other Diseases 3.14 The Treatment of lnsomnia or Sleep Disorder 3.15 Medical and Genetic Counselling viii

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3.16 Psychotherapy 3. 17 Conclusion

Chapter Four

Health Policies

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4.1 Family Health and Breast Feeding 107 4.2 The Provision of Adequate and Potable Water 109 4.3 Legislation on Foods, Drinks, Recreation and Sex 111 4.4 The Wisdom in the Prohibition of Eating Pigs and Dogs 112 4.5 Noise as Pollution 121 4.6 The Promotion of Medical Ethics 121 4.7 Magic, Witchcraft, Enchantments and Charms 123 4.8 Euthanasia (Mercy Killing) 124 4.9 Suicide 125 4.10 Healthcare Delivery and Administration 126 4.11 The Promotion of Health Services 126 4.12 The Rehabilitation of the Sick and the Needy 127 4.13 The Promotion of International Health 128

Chapter Five

Research and Development

5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5

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Introduction 131 The Source of Human Creation 134 Embryonic and Fetal Development 137 Sex Differentiation and Determination 141 The Acquisition of the Soul 143 The Completion of Creation, Labour and Delivery146

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