HUMOR / Topic / Health & Medicine

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Objective Guinea worm disease, a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is referred to as “ʿIrq al-Madanī” in medieval Arabic medical literature. This study examines Guinea worm disease, or “ʿIrq al-Madanī,” through an analysis of medieval medical texts written in the Islamic world between the 9th and 12th centuries. Understanding its historical context provides valuable insights i…

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