Quoted from a text by Ibn al-Athir, a Kurdish fighter from the XIIth and XIIIth centuries and the author of chronicles. Here is a description of western medicine. Vocabulary and questions by Rudith Seva.
Usamah Ibn-Munqidh was an Arab who lived through most of the twelfth century.
« Glory to God, the creator and author of all things! Anyone who is acquainted with what concerns the Franj can only glorify and sanctify God the All-Powerful; for he has seen in them animals who are superior in courage and in zeal for fighting else, just as beasts are superior in strength and aggressiveness. […]
Among the curiosities of medicine among the Franj, I will tell how
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