(PDF) Long before face masks, Islamic healers tried to ward off disease with their version of PPE | Christiane Gruber - Academia.edu

(PDF) Long before face masks, Islamic healers tried to ward off disease with their version of PPE | Christiane Gruber - Academia.edu

Long before face masks, Islamic healers tried to ward off disease with their version of PPE

Christiane Gruber

2020, The Conversation

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History of Plague,

Islamic Art,

Islamic Studies,

Amulets,

Magic bowls

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Just as many now don face masks and do breathing exercises to protect against COVID-19 – despite debate around the science behind such practices – so too did the Islamic world turn to protective devices and rituals in premodern times of trouble. From the 11th century until around the 19th century, Muslim cultures witnessed the use of magic …read more