Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Medicine from Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel,, Stuart Stanton and Kenneth Collins, Editör, Vallentine Mitchell , Michigan, ss.72-91, 2021
The Arabs in the pre-Islamic period practised traditional medicine that some learned from neighbours and nations with whom they came in contact. Some ancient Arab medical practices depended on amulets, charms, sorcery and witchcraft. Among the methods of treatment was divination (sihr), magic (shawadha), talismans (talsim), and astrology
(tanjim). The aim of traditional medicine is to deter the causes of illness by hanging amulets or talismans on a person, making vows, visiting the tombs of saints or using stratagems to mislead the sources of the disease, such as the evil eye. The influence of the evil eye is counter-acted by devices designed to distract its attention and annul its power through the practice of magic. The concept of the evil eye appears ot be apsychological idiom for the fear of misfortune. Adhering tothe rules ofsocial ethics, religion and hygiene can also help to
prevent illness.When serious illness strikes, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Overlapping realms betweentraditional medicine and modern medicine have morphed in the form of alternative medicine asa legitimate aspect of western healthcare. One observes more and more physicians and paramedics including psychologists and social workers taking an interest in alternative medicine which has slowly been introduced as a welcome adjunct to modern medical services.