For a glimpse of medicine in medieval times, check out the National Library of Medicine’s illustrated catalog of Islamic medical manuscripts. Visitors to the Web site can also get a brief introduction to the history of Islamic medicine and its role in European history, find biographies of important Islamic physicians, surgeons, and scholars, and browse a glossary of medieval medical terms.
Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/getstarted.html
