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Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

Image via the guardian.com, credit Royal Society This images are from a 14th century translation of Arabic doctor Ibn Butlan, who died circa 1068. Butlan’s title roughly translates to “health report.” The report addresses the impact of nature, emotional states, daily life, and meteorological conditions on health. Butlan wrote that his book concerned “the sixContinue reading “Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)”