The secrets of the human body [videorecording] =
Subtitle: Les secrets du corps humain
By: un film conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon ; une co-production FIT Production, La Cinquième, Canal Sur Televisión.
Contributors: Hussein, Mahmoud.; Calderon, Philippe.; FIT Production (Firm); Cinquième (Firm); Canal Sur Televisión (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic -- 7.; Lorsque le monde parlait arabe -- 7.
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic.; Medicine, Arab -- History.; Documentary films.
Other titles: Islam's contribution.; Embracing all knowledge.; Secrets du corps humain.; Embrasser tous les savoirs.; Secrets of the human body : Islam's contributions to medicine.
Description: "This program investigates the practice of medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate, offering profiles of Al-Ma'amun's House of Wisdom; Rhazes, whose Kitab al-hawi outlines an exemplary clinical approach; Avicenna, universally known for his Canon of Medicine; and Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, the father of modern surgery. The Islamic concern with the relationship between the body and the soul is also discussed, as is the founding of hospitals, one of the great achievements of Islamic society"--Films for the Humanities & Sciences web site.
Notes: "11417-A-NT"--Cassette; "BVL11417"--Publisher's web site.

Film originally produced in 1999.

Narrated by Paul Barrett.

VHS format.

Narration in English.  Interviews in various languages with English subtitles.

MMS copy: Public performance rights included; not for broadcasting for distance learning.