التأسيس المعرفي لنظرية العدوى : عند ابن خاتمة الأنصاري الأندلسي

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This paper clarifies the scientific contribution of Ibn Khātima Al-Anṣārī (c.1324-c.1369) in establishing a theory of contagion on the Natural Causality Principle.

It is noteworthy that Ibn Khātima gave more attention to the Plague that appeared in Al-Andalus during 1348 A.D.

His scientific approach in his main work is titled “The Attainment of the Goal of the Seeker for Information concerning the Epidemic” (Taḥṣīl gharaḍ al-qāṣid fī-tafṣīl al-maraḍ al wāfid) may be considered as an important work reflecting his contagion theory.

He explored the causes and types of Plague and methods of treatments according to the meaning of the word "scientific" that we used in our recent days.

According to Ibn Khātima, the Plague moves from one country to another, and among people by contagion, therefore, he constructed a contagion theory in terms of scientific approaches bases on natural causality principle.