Light through the dark ages: The Arabist contribution to Western ophthalmology
Europe in the Middle Ages had descended into a dark period, and none more so than in the field of medicine. The rich heritage of the pagan Greeks had largely been ignored or forgotten by medieval Europe, and instead it was the early Arabist world that embraced and developed the Hellenistic medical t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Oman Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2012;volume=5;issue=2;spage=75;epage=78;aulast=Haq |