This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. An 18th-century copper still from Morocco, essential equipment in a Muslim physician’s medical kit.

Meet Dr. Husain Nagamia, a surgeon in Tampa Bay who is researching Islamic medicine. For thousands of years, humans have continually established new medical techniques, giving way to modern medicine.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Pharmacy in History is a quarterly journal devoted to exploring the place of pharmacy in the history of civilization. Generally, ...