JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR  
           THE HISTORY OF  ISLAMIC MEDICINE

  (ISHIM)

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 Vol.1                                    No.2                                                        October 2002   ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

CONTENTS
 

Editorial .  Aysegül DEMIRHAN ERDEMIR &  Abdul Nasser KAADAN
 

Islamic Medicine:1000 Years Ahead of Its Times .  İbrahim B. SYED
 

Sufi Treatments:Methods and Philosophy Behind It . Sehnaz KIYMAZ
 

Al-Kindi,A Precursor of  the Scientific Revolution . Plinio PRIORESCHI

When IWas Young….Excerpts From  Ibn Zuhr(Avenzoar)’s Kitab al-Taysir . Henry A.AZAR
 

The Ottoman Medical School of Damascus and Its Effect on Medicine Teaching in Syria . Abdul Nasser  KAADAN
 

Body,Self and Soul:The Evolution of A Wholistic Psychotherapy. Jacqueline A.CARLETON

Attention and Care to the Madness During the Islamic Middle Age in Syria:The Example of the Bimaristan al-Arghun,From Princely Palace to Bimaristan . Rosanna  GORINI

The Contributions of Arabic Physicians in Dermatology.  Hanna T.BACHOUR
 

The Discovery of the Pulmonary Circulation-Who Should Get the Credit:  Ibn Al-Nefis or William Harvey?  Sharif Kaf AL-GHAZAL
 

Broadening Horizons in Medical Theory and Practice: Alternative, Complementary or Integrative?  Jacqueline A.CARLETON
 

Tabular Form In Four Arabic Medical Texts From the 11^th Century . Farid S.HADDAD

The Father of Islamic Medicne An International Questionnaire . Mostafa SHEHATA
 

Book Review - Some Recent Publications On the History of Arabic Medicine . Alain TOUWAIDE
 

Regarding Recent Events , Forthcoming Events & Membership Form.
 

Journal Editorial Board , Instructions to Authors & Contents.

 

 

CHAIRMAN OF EDITORIAL BOARD:

Dr. Hajar A. HAJAR (Qatar)
 

EDITORS  IN CHIEF:

Dr. Aysegül DEMIRHAN ERDEMIR (Turkey)
Dr. Abdul Nasser KAADAN (Syria)
 

ASSOCIATE EDITORS:

Dr.Oztan Oncel(Turkey)
Dr. Sahin Aksoy (Turkey)
Dr. Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal (UK)
 

EDITORIAL BOARD :

Dr. Mahdi Muhaqak (Iran)
Dr.Husain Nagamia (USA)
Dr. Nil Sari (Turkey)
Dr. Faisal Alnasir (Bahrain)
Dr. Mostafa Shehata (Egypt)
Dr.Rachel Hajar (Qatar)

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD:

Dr. Alain Touwaide ( Belgium )
Dr. Ahmad Kanaan (KSA)
Dr. David W. Tschanz (KSA)
Dr. Abed Ameen Yagan (Syria)
Dr. Keishi Hasebe (Japan)
Dr. Mustafa Abdul Rahman (France)
Dr. Bacheer al-Kateb (Syria)
Dr. Plinio Prioreschi (USA)
Hakim Syed Z. Rahman (India)
Dr. Abdul Mohammad Kajbfzadeh (Iran)
Dr. Nancy Gallagher (USA)
Dr. Riem Hawi (Germany)
Dr. Esin Kahya (Turkey)
Dr. Mamoun Mobayed (UK)
Dr. Taha al-Jasser (Syria)
Dr. Rolando Neri-Vela  (Mexico)
Dr. Zafar Afaq Ansari  (Malaysia)
Dr. Husaini Hafiz (Singapore)
Dr. Talat Masud Yelbuz (USA)
Dr. Mohamed Rashed (Libya)
Dr. Nabil El Tabbakh (Egypt)
Hakim Naimuddin Zubairy (Pakistan)
Dr. Ahmad Chaudhry (UK)
Dr. Farid Haddad (USA)
Dr. Ibrahim Syed (USA)
Dr. Henry Amin Azar (USA)
Dr. Gary Ferngren