Journal - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

EDITORIAL
It is our pleasure to provide October 2004 Issue of the Journal of International Society for the History of
Islamic Medicine (Journal of ISHIM). We know that Journal of ISHIM is an academic journal devoted to the
History of Islamic Medicine and Ethics research and scholarship. Also, this issue like the earlier ones represents
diversified studies in the History of Islamic Medicine and Medical Ethics which stimulate thinking and
raise certain questions. So, it also tries to provide solutions to thorny and sensitive problems and the ensuing
understanding helps in enlarging one's perception and intellectual horizon.
JISHIM is indexed to History Journal.De and IMEMR. Acknowledment about IMEMR is at the end of
editorial. It is our pleasure to tell you that we have received the attached message from WHO, telling us that
our ISHIM Journal is selected to be one of the sources of input of the IMEMR.
This issue contains some scientific articles, in which, we can see both important biographies and valuable
original studies on History of Islamic Medicine and Medical Ethics. These articles are from famous scholars
of many countries of the world. So, this journal helps to the development of researches on the History of
Islamic Medicine and Medical Ethics. Papers of this issue are seen as two types: Review and Research. After
14 papers, news of some scientific meetings are present.
The first paper by Sharif Kaf AL-GHAZAL is on The Influence of Islamic Philisophy and Ethics on the
Development of Medicine During the Islamic Renaissance. The second paper by Nurdeen DEURASEH is
about Ahadith of the Prophet (s.a.w) on Healing in Three Things (al-Shifa'fi Thalatha): An Interpretation.
Third paper by Moshen NASERI and Mohammad Reza Shams ARDAKANI is on The School of Traditional
Irainan Medicine: The Definition, Origin and Advantages. The fourth paper by Haitham IDRISS is on History
of Genetics in Islam: About Colour, Stature and Camels. The fifth paper by Abdul Nasser KAADAN is on
Albucasis and Extraction of Bladder Stone. The sixth paper by Ayþegül DEMIRHAN ERDEMIR is on A
Medical Ethics Perspective to Laws in Public Health in Turkey. The seventh paper by Farouk MAHMOUD
is on Islamic Medical Ethics in Assisted Conception. The eighth paper by Plinio PRIORESCHI is on Medical
Ethics in Medieval Islam. The ninth paper by Rolando NERI-VELA is on Some Notes About the Influence
of Arabian Medicine in New Spain. The tenth paper by Radhi Jawad BAKIR is on Al-Razi and
Gastrointestinal System Diseases. The eleventh paper by Kathem K. AL-RUBIAY is on Control Project of
Bejel (Endemic Syphilis) Disease in Iraq. The twelft paper by Mostafa SHEHATA is on History of
Endoscopy. The thirteenth paper by Kathem K. AL-RUBIAY is on The Story of Bejel Disease in Iraq: Bejel
(Endemic Syphilis) Among the Euphrates Arab Bedouins. The last paper by Rosanna GORINI is on An
Andalusian Muslim Scientist: Ibn al-Baytar.
Wishing October 2004 Issue of the Journal of ISHIM, to be beneficial to all readers and colleagues.
Editors in Chief
Dr. Aysegül Demirhan Erdemir
Dr. Abdul Nasser Kaadan