[Natural scientists and medical bibliography in the Dominican Monastery of Dubrovnik].

An Apophatic View of God and Creation

The English Dominican Herbert McCabe highlighted some ideas of Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God and on creation, which can usefully challenge some widespread commonplaces. The purposes of this article are two: to present McCabe’s sophisticated doctrine on the knowability of God and on creation in a systematic way, and to put this doctrine into its historical context. In the scattered an...

Comparative Study of Architecture of Mowlawi and Sufism Monasticism; Case study: Sheikh Safi-AldinArdebilli, ChalapiOghlu

Gnosticism and Sufism, investigation of activities of these two schools through times andalso reviewing their different parts have been paid attention by western and eastern researchers across Islamic countries. Islamic Sufism is one major issue in Gnosticism which lasts for twelve centuries since its foundation. This subject has been paid essential attention regarding that an important part of...

The contribution of Muslim medical scientists during British period in India--a bibliography.

The medical practice of Amatus Lusitanus in Dubrovnik (1556-1558). A short reminder on the 445th anniversary of his arrival.

The year 2001 sees the 445th anniversary of Amatus Lusitanus’ arrival in the Ragusan Republic (Dubrovnik), where he spent three years (15561558) practicing as a highly respected physician. One of his principal books, entitled Curationum medicinalium centuriae septem relates his experience in 700 case histories. The sixth part of the book contains descriptions of a 100 cases he treated as the pr...

Safranal: From an Aromatic Natural Product to a Rewarding Pharmacological Agent

Safranal, the main component of Crocus sativus essential oil, is thought to be the main cause of saffron unique odor. It is now about eighty years that this compound has been discovered and since then different scientific experiments have been done investigating its biological-pharmacological activities. Safranal effects in CNS have been more attractive to scientists and an escalating number of...