Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956

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Medicine and the Saints THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK medicine and the saints Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877–1956 Ellen J. Amster Foreword by Rajae El Aoued university of texas press Austin Copyright © 2013 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2013 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Amster, Ellen J., 1970– Medicine and the saints : science, Islam, and the colonial encounter in Morocco, 1877–1956 / Ellen J. Amster ; foreword by Rajae El Aoued. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-74544-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Medicine—Morocco—History. 2. Health—Religious aspects—Islam. 3. Morocco—Colonization—History. 4. Islam and science—History. 5. Sufism—Morocco—History. 6. Muslim saints—Cult—Morocco. I. Title. R653.M8A47 2013 610.964—dc23 2012046686 doi:10.7560/745445 For my grandparents Muriel and Leon Folb, who made it possible. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...