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Katouzian-Safadi, Mehrnaz - Ben Saad, Meyssa, "Inhabited Lands and Temperaments: Observations and Therapeutic Solutions, the Views of Scientists and Medieval Physicians – Ğāḥiẓ (9th), Rāzī (9th–10th), Ibn Riḍwān (11th)", dins: Bretelle-Establet, Florence - Gaille, Marie - Katouzian-Safadi, Mehrnaz (dir.), Making Sense of Health, Disease, and the Environment in Cross-Cultural History: The Arabic-Islamic World, China, Europe, and North America, Berlín, Springer (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science), 2019, pp. 209-238.

Resum

This article focuses on the different ideas that circulated in the medieval Arabic-Islamic world on the natural environment's impact on living beings, plants, animals, and humans and on the interactions between them. We examine the relationship between the geographical location and human life according to the point of view of geographers. Then, we analyze texts reflecting the effects of the environment on plants and animals according to botanists, zoologists, and pharmacists. Finally, we analyze the various medical corpora that focus on the effects of the environment on the mental and physical health of human beings. Our goal here is to highlight the efforts made by scientists (physicians and naturalists) to associate theoretical knowledge with personal observations and experiments in order notably to prevent disease, to determine how diseases may appear, and to know how to treat them.

Matèries

Història natural
Medicina - Dietètica i higiene
Història de la medicina
Àrab

URL

https:/​/​link.springer.com/​chapter/​10.1007/​978-3-030 ...