print email comment close Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html Description: An online exhibition in honor of the 900th anniversary of the transcription of "an Arabic treatise by one of the most important medieval physicians and clinicians -- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya' al-Razi, who worked in Baghdad in the previous century and was later known to Europe as Rhazes." This site traces the history and development of Islamic medicine. Included is a bibliography of additional readings. A transcribed interview about Islamic calligraphy is accompanied by several video clips. From the National Library of Medicine. Author: Savage-Smith, Emilie Publisher: United States. National Library of Medicine Library of Congress Subject Headings: Calligraphy, Arabic Medicine -- History Medicine, Arab LII Database Information: Record 1845 created by Dana Lubow on 10/13/2001 Last modification on 04/07/2004 Published: 10/13/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1845