MEDICINE IN THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH An Intellectual Reappraisal of the Legacy and Future of Islamic Medicine and its Representation in the Language of Science and Modernity MEDICINE IN THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH An Intellectual Reappraisal of the Legacy and Future of Islamic Medicine and its Representation in the Language of Science and Modernity Umar Faruk Adamu Safari Books Ltd Ibadan Published by Safari Books Ltd Ile Ori Detu 1 Shell Close Onireke Ibadan. Email:
[email protected] © Umar Faruk Adamu Publisher: Chief Joop Berkhout, OON Deputy Publisher: George Berkhout Published 2006 New edition, 2012 All rights reserved. This book is copyright and so no part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-978-8431-14-5 DEDICATION TO THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MUNFICENT, THE OMNIPRESENT THE GIVER OF LIFE, HEALTH AND WISDOM v Contents Dedication v Foreword I xiii Foreword II xvi Preface xix Acknowledgements xxv List of Reviewers and Editorial Advisers xxvii List of Definitions and Abbreviations xxix Introduction 1 Chapter One Seeking for Knowledge 13 1.1 The Concept of Knowledge 13 1.2 The Importance of Knowledge 15 1.3 The Diversification of Knowledge 22 1.4 The Promotion of Medical Education and Health Services 25 Chapter Two Preventive Medicine 33 2.0 Introduction 33 2.1 Personal and Environmental Hygiene 33 2.2 Oral