This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. An 18th-century copper still from Morocco, essential equipment in a Muslim physician’s medical kit.
Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and ...
Meet Dr. Husain Nagamia, a surgeon in Tampa Bay who is researching Islamic medicine. For thousands of years, humans have continually established new medical techniques, giving way to modern medicine.